Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookth-West Frontier of India. In 1904 he was transferred to the West India Regt., and served with the 1st Battn. in Jamaica under Col. A. R. Loscombe. In 1905 he was employed under the Colonial Office, and became an assistant superintendent of police in the East African Protectorate and was serving under Major W. F. S. Edwards, the Insp.-General, when war broke out. He was attached to the King's African Rifles, and fell on 1 Dec. 1914, at Utendi, in the Nyanza Province. His body was recovered and brought to British territory and buried at Utendi. The following message was received from Col. Edward, D.S.O.: "Mr. Bowen's loss not only to the Police Force but to a large number of personal friends, will be most severely felt. I deem it to be the wish of all that their condolences should be inseparable from the high tribute of praise of the commanding officer that Mr. Bowen evidently lost his life in a gallant attempt to capture Susuni Hill. Concerning myself, I feel that I have lost both a gallant and true friend." He _m._ at Nairobi, British East Africa, 25 May, 1907, Alice May, dau. of (--) Swift, and had two daus.: Kathleen Elvina, _b._ 25 March, 1908; and Dorothy Starbuck, _b._ 25 Jan. 1911. [Illustration: =Cuthbert E. L. Bowen.=] =BOWEN, EDWARD=, Signaller (R.F.R., B. 2774), 230362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BOWEN, GEORGE FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2434), 169906, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOWEN, HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 3265, B Coy., 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Charles Richard Bowen; _b._ Camberwell, 17 Nov. 1893; was a Clerk, but after the outbreak of war joined the Surrey Rifles, 25 Jan. 1915, and was killed at Festubert at 6 a.m., 9 May, following being shot through the temple by a sniper; _unm._ [Illustration: =Henry Bowen.=] =BOWERS, PERCIVAL CONWAY=, Private, No. 9664, 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of the late John Bowers (who served 22 years in the Army with the Yorks and Lancs., and _d._ 25 Aug. 1915), by his wife, Ann (Queen Street, Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincs.), dau. of (..); _b._ Broughton, co. Lincoln, 13 June, 1895; enlisted 9 Dec. 1913, and was killed in action, being shot by a sniper, 21 Feb. 1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot, south-east of Rue Bacqueort; _unm._ [Illustration: =Percival Conway Bowers.=] =BOWES, ROBERT EDWARD=, Officers' Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5306, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOWES, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2652T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOWLBY, GEOFFREY VAUX SALVIN=, Capt., Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), 6th but 2nd surviving _s._ of the late Edward Salvin Bowlby, of Gilston Park, Harlow, Essex, and Knoydart, Inverness, J.P., D.L., by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Vans-Agnew, of Barnbarroch, and Sheuchan, co. Wigtown; _b._ London, 1 Dec. 1884; educ. Eton, and joined the Royal Horse Guards from the Militia (King's Own Scottish Borderers) as 2nd Lieut., 9 March, 1904. He was promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1905, and Capt. 6 May, 1908. He went to Ireland in 1909 as A.D.C. to Sir Neville Lyttleton, returning to his regt. in Sept. 1910 to take over the Adjutancy which he held to Sept. 1913. On the outbreak of war he was sent to France in advance of the composite regt., as billeting officer to the 4th Cavalry Brigade, rejoining his regt. the day before the battle of Mons. After the fight at Wytschaete, 29 Oct.-1 Nov. 1914, Capt. Bowlby was the senior officer left and took over command of the composite regt. for a short time, until each squadron went back to its own regt. On rejoining the "Blues" he commanded the A Squadron. He was killed leading his squadron in a charge across 1,000 yards of open country north of Bellewarde Farm, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the afternoon of 13 May, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: "I cannot tell you what a loss he is to the regt.; he was as gallant as he could be and a magnificent soldier. He was so keen and energetic and proud of his squadron, of which he took the greatest care." Capt. Bowlby was a fine polo player, and enjoyed great popularity at the London grounds. In his day there were few to surpass him in skill and dash. For several seasons he was No. 1 in the Blues' team, and in two years (1910 and 1912) he helped the side to win the Inter-Regimental Cup at Hurlingham. The other members of those victorious sides were: Capt. Lord Alastair Innes-Ker, Capt. H. E. Brassey, and Capt. J. F. Harrison. Capt. Bowlby was in the team again in 1913 and in 1914, but his regt. was in both years beaten by the 1st Life Guards. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, 18 Oct. 1911, the Hon. Lettice, née Annesley, 4th dau. of Arthur, 11th Viscount Valentia, C.B., M.V.O., and had two children: John Edward Richard, _b._ 8 May, 1914; and Elizabeth Mary, _b._ 3 Feb. 1913. [Illustration: =Geoffrey V. S. Bowlby.=] =BOWLEY, HARRY EDWIN=, Private, No. 9913, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Harry Edwin Bowley, Private 2/4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (now on active service), by his wife, Eliza May (41, Bentham Road. Brighton), dau. of John Winder, of Brighton; _b._ Brighton, 25 June, 1894; educ. St. Luke's Terrace Board School there; was for some time a telegraph boy at the Brighton Post Office; enlisted 1 Jan. 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and during the retreat from Mons was sent with a dispatch but never returned, and is assumed to have been killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914. =BOWMAN, FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1793C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOWMAN, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3771), 180916, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOWYER, CHARLES ALEXANDER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7440) S.S. 1330, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =BOWYER, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B., 215065, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BOX, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 112109, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =BOX, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2822), 175583, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOXALL, CARYL LERMITTE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Alleyne Alfred, 1st Baron Boxall, of 14, Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the late James Henry Lermitte, of Knightons, J.P., and nephew of Mr. Boxall, K.C., Recorder of Brighton, and of the late Col. Sir Charles Boxall, K.C.B.; _b._ at 14, Cambridge Square, W., 26 Dec. 1887; educ. Eton (1901-6) and Sandhurst; received his commission in the 2nd Hampshires, 9 Oct. 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911, and Capt. 4 Oct. 1914. He served in South Africa, Mauritius and India, and with the Mediterra |