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.

Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2, Belgium.
Private John William Bowness grave

Private John William Bowness is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
North Lincolnshire Museum War Memorial, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.