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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Birth:
London, England
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
July 7, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 10.
Additional information
Son of Alfred Henry and Elizabeth Bowie, of "Starston," Church Hill, Horsell, Woking, England.
Brother of Second Lieutenant Ralph Archibald Bowie who died on September 26, 1917, while serving with the Leicestershire Regiment.
Digital gallery of Captain George Pigrum Bowie
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Paying Respects
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 609 of 934 -
Newspaper clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of July 13, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11732016/Daily-Telegraph-July-13-1915.html -
War Diary
War Diary of the 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion for July 1915 recording the death of Captain G.P. Bowie. -
Attestation Papers
Attestation paper page 1 for George Pigrum Bowie. -
Attestation Papers (Back)
Attestation paper page 2 for George Pigrum Bowie. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Keith Boswell, England -
Entrance
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
Digital gallery of
Captain George Pigrum Bowie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 6 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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