Name
Frederick Mark Bowell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/10/1918
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Shoeing Smith
98565
Royal Field Artillery
'B' Battery, 346th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WATFORD CEMETERY
Plot F, Row 3, Grave 739.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour
Pre War
Son of Samuel and the late Sarah (nee LONG) BOWELL.
His parents married 4 October 1863 at St Thomas’, Oxford. Sarah died 1905 in Osney, Oxon, aged 64, and was buried 16 December at St Frisewide’s, Osney; Samuel died 1920 in Kidlington, Oxon, aged 82, and was buried 23 March, also at St Frisewide’s.
Frederick/Mark was born 1882 in Oxford, and resided in Camden, London N. He was buried 22 October.
He has an entry in the National Probate Calendar.
On the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 9 he lived in Oxford, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1901 Census, a railway porter aged 19, he still lived in Oxford, with his parents and no siblings. On the 1911 Census, he is proving elusive.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in St Pancras; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and died at No. 8 V.A.D. Red Cross Hospital, Watford.
Additional Information
There is an article about Frederick in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 2 November 1918.
Recorded as serving in the Army Service Corps in the Borough Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, Frederick’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
