Bowyer, James 1917

James Bowyer. Died 8 November 1917.

James Bowyer was born in 1893 in Wokingham the son of Rosa Ellen and William Bowyer. He had an older sister (Gertrude) and 2 younger sisters (Lily and Ada), but by 1911 James was not at home with his family who lived in Rose Cottages, Waterloo Road.

James joined the Devonshire Regiment in Caversham and served as a Private (number 291642) in the 1st Battalion. He died of wounds of the 8th November 1917 and is buried in Lijssenthoek, the site of several military hospitals.

Name: BOWYER, JAMES WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Devonshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Battalion.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 08/11/1917
Service No: 291642
Additional information: Son of William and Rosa Ellen Bowyer, of Rose Cottages, Waterloo Rd., Wokingham, Berks.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXII. G. 13. Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main

communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th Hopital D’Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces. From April to August 1918, the casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places. The cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 24 being unidentified.

Rose Cottages, Waterloo Rd., Wokingham, Berks. (parents)

 

 

 

 

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