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Rank : 2nd Lieutenant

Unit : 9th Bn, 8th Bn

Biography :

Archibald Bowell made one appearance for Leicester Football Club in 1915. He was commissioned into The Leicestershire Regiment on 30.1.1915, and served in the 9th and then the 8th Battalion, entering France on 29.7.1915. He was Killed in Action on 14.7.1916, near Light Railway at Fricourt, Mametz Wood, Bazentin Ridge, on the Somme, aged 26. His body not having been recovered, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Some of the above information from private source. First name given on P.R.O. as Arthur.

Date of Birth : c1890

Date of Death : 14.7.1916

Place of Death : Bazentin Ridge, Somme, France

Period of Service : 1914-16

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders