Basic Details
Surname
Bower
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler and myrastrick.com provide the extra details. He left the school in 1911 and worked as a wholesale clothier before enlisting in December 1915. He twice survived being wounded before being killed and is also commemorated on IWM 2738 (on which he is wrongly named as Bowers) and 2741.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
20
Age at death
21
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action