Private John Bowskill
Army Number : 306392
Battalion : 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Son of Thomas and Melody Bowskill, of 3 Vallances Square, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Mansfield. He was killed in action, 29th April 1917, whilst serving in the trenches near Templeux, France.
Buried : Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 2.
Private John Bowskill is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Warsop, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.