Profile: John Bowe

Private John Bowe (No: 22/381)


Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Hamlet: East End

Village: Wolsingham

Parish: Wolsingham

Enlisted: Saturday, January 01, 1916, Bishop Auckland (aged 33)

Regiment: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion: 16th Battalion

Conflict: First World War

War Record: Yes

Discharge Status:

Next of Kin: Son of Dennis & Elizabeth Bowe of East End, Wolsingham


Notes

Occupation on enlistment - Labourer at Limestone Quarry - Discharged 13th July 1916 for not likely to become an efficient soldier due to being unable to do any work after a fall from a horse 10 years age causing his left arm to be broken and never repaired fully - Absent without leave on several occasions