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Bowden, J., Pte., 1916
In Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 2797 Private Joseph Bowden, serving with the 1st/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died 15/02/1916.

Morpeth Herald 10/03/1916 carries a brief obituary:

Sapper [sic] J. Bawdon [sic], 7th N.F., of Hirst, has died of wounds.

He was the husband of Isa Bowden, of 179 Hawthorn Road, Hirst, Ashington.

He is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43 and at Hirst on H62.10


The CWGC entry for Private Bowden

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk

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