Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
George Bowman
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 2029
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
- Unit/Ship:
- Place of Death: Firthmuir, Arbroath
- Age at Death: 24
- Date of Death: 16.03.1917
- Burial Country: Scotland
- Cemetery: St. Vigeans New Cemetery, Arbroath
- Grave/Mem Ref no: B.131.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 29.09.1892
- Place of Birth: Arbroath
- Address:
- Occupation: Police Constable, Dundee
- Mother:
Mary Bowman, Colliston by Arbroath
- Father:
Robert Bowman, Colliston by Arbroath
- Siblings:
Andrew, James, Robert & 3 sisters
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about George Bowman
George died of Tuberculosis. For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, but is remembered on the Dundee Police Memorial. His brother Pte James Anderson Bowman, S/15707, 3rd Battalion Black Watch, died of Tuberculosis in a military hospital in Cromarty 29.04.1917 and is buried in Arbroath Eastern Cemetery.
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information and image courtesy of Dundee City Police Memorial booklet.
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