Private John William Bowness
Army Number : 51962
Battalion : 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born Grayingham, Lincolnshire. Son of David and Charlotte Bowness, of 76, Mary Street, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. He enlisted at Scunthorpe and died of wounds 15th September 1917, aged 21.
Buried : Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2, Belgium. Plot 1. Row H. Grave 30.
Private John William Bowness is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
North Lincolnshire Museum War Memorial, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.