Lewis Bower (1891-1917)
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, LEWIS. Lance Corporal. No 40229. 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Born Honley. Son of Mrs F. Bower, 312 Vicarage Road, Longwood. Employed as a weaver by Messrs Hirst and Mallinson Limited, Cliffe End Mills, Longwood. Reported wounded and missing, 20.9.1917, aged 26. Buried in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 11, Row D, Grave 35.
- ROH:- St. Mark's Parish Church, Longwood.
- Brother of Private NORRIS BOWER, who died of wounds, 9.6.1918.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Lance Corporal BOWER
- regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
- died: Thursday, September 20, 1917
- record ID: 98533
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #98533)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #436382)