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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Charles Thurston Bowring

In memory of:

Lieutenant Charles Thurston Bowring

December 29, 1916

Military Service

Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)

Division:

44th Bn. (Attached to the 10th Canadian Machine Gun Corps)

Honours and Awards:

Mentioned in Despatches

Additional Information

Son of Henry and Elizabeth Bowring.

Commemorated on Page 57 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. C. 19.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– 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 685 of 934

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – 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 685 of 934
  • Memorial– The Parish of St Luke in Winnipeg erected this memorial. This plaque was unveiled in around 1918 and is dedicated to Captain John Geddes, Lieutenant Charles Thurston Bowring, Maj Gordon Ruthven Heron and Capt John Scatcherd Laycock, killed in action during the Great War.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – The Parish of St Luke in Winnipeg erected this memorial. This plaque was unveiled in around 1918 and is dedicated to Captain John Geddes, Lieutenant Charles Thurston Bowring, Maj Gordon Ruthven Heron and Capt John Scatcherd Laycock, killed in action during the Great War.
  • Shrewsbury School War Memorial

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    Shrewsbury School War Memorial
    Shrewsbury School War Memorial
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker
  • Newspaper Clipping

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping

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