George Henry Bown
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 276586
Parents: George and Eliza Jane Bown
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Soundwell Road, Kingswood, Bristol. Lived: Pottery House, Crews Hole, St. George, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 03/07/1880
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 31/07/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site. Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 37
Further information:
George was born in Kingswood the son of a labourer and groom and a middle child of eight with three brothers and four sisters. George married Ella Annie Lacey in 1905.
George's battalion (the 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry) mobilised to France in May 1916 and fought in various actions on the Western Front including The Battles of Ypres and The Somme. George was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele (the third battle of Ypres) which lasted from 31st July to 10th November 1917 and resulted in combined casualties estimated to be around 800,000 for both allies and Germans. George’s body was never identified, and The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, where he is remembered, bears the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died in Belgium and have no known grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Some information provided by Kingswood Heritage Museum