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Lieutenant Colonel ALFRED JOHN HAMILTON BOWEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Monmouthshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES

I. D. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Three times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Edward and Emily Marianne Bowen, of Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, husband of Jean Gertrude Wilton, of Winnipeg, Canada.
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 186
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