See also

Frederick Clement Bowtle (1882-1916)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1916 burial F Bowtle

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • bricklayer then a plumber2 3 4

  • Birth:

  • 8 Jan 1882

  • Hackney, Middlesex, England5 1 6 2 3 7

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 9)

  • 176 Cassland Road, Hackney, London, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his widowed mother Maria, sisters Clara, Margaret, Cicely, Edith and Catherine, and brothers Sidney, Henry and Philip. Born in Hackney London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 19)

  • 21 Carisbrooke Road, Walthamstow, London, England2

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a brick layer and living with his widowed mother Maria, brother Sidney, sisters Cicely, Katharine and Clara Webber, and niece Freda Webber. Born in Hackney

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 29)

  • 45 Chewton Road, Walthamstow, Essex, England3

  •  

  • unmarried brother working as a plumber and living in five rooms with his widowed mother Maria, brother Sidney, and sister Katharine. Born in Hackney London

  • Death:

  • 3 Jul 1916 (age 34)

  • Albert, Somme, France8 9 7 10

  •  

  • Cause: of wounds received in action

    private 4274 London Regiment, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

  • Probate:

  • 13 Oct 1916

  • Principal Registry, High Holborn, Holborn, London, England8 10

  •  

  • of 35 Granville Road Walthamstow Essex private 1st battalion London regiment (City of London) died 3 July 1916 in France on active service, administration of effects of £30 9s 6d (~£1,600 in 2017) to Sidney Morley Bowtle banker's clerk

  • Burial:

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  • Couin British Cemetery, Rue de Souastre, Couin, Pas-de-Calais, France11

  •  

  • private 4274 of the 1st Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), brother of Mr. S M Bowtle of 35 Granville Rd. Hoe St. Walthamstow London

     

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Necropole Nationale, Notre Dame De Lorette, Pas-de-Calais, France12

  •  

  • as F Bowtle

Individual Note

A letter from Marten to Geoff says that when serving in France Fred stated he would not return as he was hopelessly in love with a married woman8

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hackney 1882 quarter:2 volume:1b page:575. Cit. Date: 21 February 2022.

2.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1633 folio:130 page:7 schedule:24. Cit. Date: 28 December 2018.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9744 class:RG78 piece:514B registration district:188 sub-district:10 enumeration district:70 schedule:200. Cit. Date: 21 February 2022.

4.

Ancestry UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

5.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:206 folio:175 page:37 schedule:243. Cit. Date: 21 February 2022.

7.

Ancestry UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). volume:5 page 18. Cit. Date: 21 February 2022.

8.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.

9.

Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

10.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1916 page:266. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

11.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Couin British Cemetery grave:I.C.13. Cit. Date: 21 February 2022.

12.

Mel Brice personal communication. see photographs in personal file. Cit. Date: 14 April 2018.