Dose Edward Cecil Edward (Commonwealth War Graves Commission shows name as Cecil Edward) Dowse

Army Number: 103512, formerly 39804. Bedfordshire Regiment.

Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of William Edward and Elizabeth Emily Dowse, of’Rosindale’ Badden Road, Chelmsford, Essex. He was a bonus Clerk prior to enlisting on 18th February 1916 at Chelmsford. He went to France on 5th May 1917. He was admitted to 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, suffering from Trench feet, on 16th November 1917 and to No. 2 General Hospital, Le Havre; he was then transferred to England on the hospital ship Esscouibo, He returned to France on 6th April 1918 and was transferred to the 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. 7th April 1918. He was wounded 22nd April 1918 and died of woundsat 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Cammieres.25th April 1918, aged 22.

Buried: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France. Plot 6. Row A. Grave 63.

He is also commemorated on the Chelmsford Civic Centre War Memorial.