Kenneth John Bowler
Memorial: Hanham - High Street
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1914–15 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant 1315079
Parents: William and Mary Bowler
Marital status: Single
Home address: 2 Kings Avenue, Hanham, Bristol
Date of birth: 1923
Date of death: 17/12/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Victoria (Royal Oak) Burial Park (Section D. Plot 20, Grave 16.), British Columbia, Canada
Age: 19
Further information:
Kenneth died during a training flight in Canada
Unknown pre-war occupation, but his hobbies were fishing, football and cricket. He also played snooker in a club next door to the Maypole in Hanham which, at that time, was one of the top snooker clubs in Hanham
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
1) Booklet ‘Not just a name on a stone’ published Hanham Local History Society.
2) Thanks to Mr Roy Crew and Mrs Mary Antill of Hanham Local History Society.
3) Researcher: Jo Hurst, volunteer for South Gloucestershire in the Second World War Project
4) Forces War Records