Herbert Bower (1880-1914)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- BOWER, HERBERT. Private. No 6714. 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Dale Street, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield. Educated at Rashcliffe Church School. Employed as a labourer. Enlisted 4.8.1914. Killed in action, 11.11.1914. Has no known grave. Commemorated on the MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
- Brother of Private CHARLES FREDERICK BOWER, killed in action, 27.11.1917.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private HERBERT BOWER
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Wednesday, November 11, 1914
- record ID: 910142
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #910142)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #436189)