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Andrew’s older brother Joseph also died in the war. He too served with the Gordon Highlanders. Private Joseph Bowman died a year earlier on 14th April 1917. He was 21 years old. |
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The CWGC record Private Andrew Bowman as the son of Joseph and Bessie Bowman, of Drumrainey, Magherafelt, Co. Derry. It also records that he was born at Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire. |
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Private Bowman is buried in La Vertannoy British Cemetery in Hinges, near Bethune, Pas de Calais, France. |
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Private Andrew Bowman was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders when he died on 4th May 1918. He was 19 years old. |
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Andrew’s parents moved to Magherafelt after 1911. There is no record of them in the 1911 Irish Census. |
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Andrew Bowman was the son of Joseph and Bessie Bowman. He was born about 1899 in Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. |
