The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R C Bowden

Private Reginald Charles BOWDEN, G/4859, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, on or since 5th May 1915.

Born Bayswater, Middlesex, son of Frederick R Bowden, 22 High Street, Gravesend, Kent

Enlisted Warley, Essex, age 23, height 5ft 8¼ inches, weight 198¾lbs, no distinctive marks. Resided Basin Tavern, Tilbury, Essex. Formerly Cellarman.

Home 3rd December 1914 to 6th April 1915; BEF 7th April 1915 to 5th May 1915.

3rd December 1914, enlisted; 4th December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th May 1915, posted missing.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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