BOWMAN, Lionel George
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5956867
Born:
Tuesday, November 24, 1914
Died :
Saturday, September 18, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Private Lionel Bowman, 5 Troop, died of wounds during operations at Salerno, Italy. Son of Harry and Alice Mary Bowman, of Wanstead, London. In 1939 Lionel was a press advertising representative residing at 45 Redbridge Lane, Wanstead.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
Troop notes kept by LSgt Rogers MM of 5 Troop.
The 1939 Register covering Wanstead and Woodford.
[Image 1] Cropped from a photo in the No.2 Cdo Gallery titled 'Lionel Bowman, Harry Jacobs, Paddy Deighan'.
[Image 2] In Gallery from the collection of LSgt Joe Rogers MM, 2 Cdo 5 Troop.
Notes
There are photos in our gallery of the cross at his grave, and another with the CWGC headstone in place.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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