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The CWGC record Private Joseph 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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Joseph’s younger brother Andrew also died in the war. He too served with the Gordon Highlanders. Private Andrew Bowman died a year later on 4th May 1918, aged 19. |
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Private Joseph Bowman is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. |
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Private Joseph Bowman was serving with the 1/6 Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders when he died on 14th April 1917. He was 21 years old. |
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Joseph’s parents moved to Magherafelt after 1911. There is no record of them in the 1911 Irish Census. |
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Joseph Bowman was the son of Joseph and Bessie Bowman. He was born about 1896 in Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. |
