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Rank : Private

Army Number : 16729

Unit : 7th Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Rothley, Leicestershire. Enlisted at Leicester. Served with the 7th Battlion during World War One. Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 23.10.1918, aged 27. He is buried at Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France

Further Info: A removed relative. Arthur was the son of Thomas Henry and Maria Bowler nee Leake. His father had died in 1903 and his mother went on to marry a James Towers about 1907. Arthur had been a Plate Layer for a railway company before enlistment.

CWGC:

BOWLER, A
Rank: Private
Service No: 16729
Date of Death: 23/10/1918
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 17.
Cemetery: AMERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOLESMES
Additional Information:

Son of Mrs. Maria Towers (formerly Bowler), of Chapel Yard, Thurcaston, Leicestershire.

Place of Birth : & Thurcaston & Leicestershire

Date of Death : 23.10.1918

Place of Death : & & France

Civil Occupation : Plate Layer - railways

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & France