Profile: Joseph Gowland

Private Joseph Gowland (No: 327466 (7259))


Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Hamlet: Park Head

Village: Stanhope

Parish: Stanhope

Enlisted: Tuesday, August 03, 1915, Bishop Auckland (aged 22)

Regiment: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion: 9th Battalion (Teritorial Force)

Conflict: First World War

War Record: Yes

Discharge Status:

Next of Kin: Son of Joseph Gowland of Black Road, Witton Park


Notes

Wounded twice in France including shrapnel in the back of the neck, Gunshot wounds to eyes & knee & shell shock - Discharged 28/8/1917 at York (Being not physically fit for war service