Name
Hugh James Bowman
10/12/1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/01/1916
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
16th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
E. 8.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial Aldenham,
Hitchin War Memorial,
Holy Saviour Church War Memorial, Radcliffe Rd., Hitchin,
Stained Glass Window, Hitchin Boys Grammar School,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
Hugh was the second son of Ernest and Ellen Bowman of ‘Eastwick’, 44, The Avenue, Hitchin, born December 19th 1893. He was a quiet retiring boy at the Hitchin Grammar School, full of kindliness and good natured. It was said that a simple earnest spirit characterised his life both in Hitchin and in Aldenham, his other school.
The School Attendance Register first mentions him in the 4th Lower Form in 1904 and he left the 5th Upper Form in 1907. Before joining up he worked for Lowe Bras and Sheepy Magna Mills of Atherstone in preparation for a career in the family milling business in Hitchin and Ickleford (Bowman's Mill).
Wartime Service
Additional Information
Hugh is also commemorated on a headstone in Hitchin Cemetery. His inscription reads:
HUGH JAMES BOWMAN BORN DEC. 10TH 1853
KILLED IN FRANCE JAN 10TH. 1916
BIRIED AT CAMBRIN
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
David C Baines, Jonty Wild