Basic Details
Surname
Bowley
Forenames
Edmond Mansed
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Bowly
Alternative forename
Edmond Mansel
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Minster Precincts. It misrecords his name as "Edmond Mansed Bowley", and wrongly states that he died on 23/1/1918; in fact, his name was Edmond Mansel Bowly, and he died on 12/1/1918.

(CWGC records that Lieutenant Edmond Mansel Bowly of HMS Narbrough died aged 30 on 12/1/1918, and is commemorated on Panel 28 of Portsmouth Naval Memorial in Hampshire; they record him as the son of the late Commander J.E. Bowly R.N., and the husband of Elizabeth Manners Bowly of 119 Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London. When Edmond Bowly's death was reported on 26/1/1918 in the Peterborough Advertiser, he was stated to be the son of the late Commander J.E. Bowley and Mrs Bowly, formerly of the Minster Precincts, Peterborough - which is where Edmond's widowed mother Esther Mary Bowly had been living on the 1911 census; the report mentioned that a memorial service for Edmond was to be held that week at Peterborough Cathedral. Edmond's service record at The National Archives (ref ADM 196/144/207) records his date of birth as 6/8/1887. On the 1911 census he had been recorded as a Lieutenant serving on HMS Superb. He married Elizabeth Downie on 21/4/1917. The 1918 Probate Index recorded his address for Probate as Lynton Harnham, Salisbury).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
ROYAL NAVY
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lieut
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
At Sea
Town of death
Off Scotland
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
January
Day of death
23
Manner of death as stated
Went down with ship off the coast of Scotland
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
MINSTER PRECINCTS
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial