hen190782 Posted 3 September , 2011 Share Posted 3 September , 2011 Hi I can find an entry on Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1262&iid=30850_A001817-02315&fn=A&ln=Bowers&st=r&ssrc=&pid=3428052) indicating that DCM was gazetted on 6th August 1915, but I cannot locate the entry on London Gazette. Any assistance with obtaining citation would be appreciated. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 3 September , 2011 Share Posted 3 September , 2011 Hi Nigel I can't open your link but have found this Pte A Bowers 9348 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 3 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 3 September , 2011 Diane Many thanks, that looks like my man. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hen190782 Posted 4 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 4 September , 2011 Turns out that I had a newspaper photo of him which I had not allocated to the relevant congregation! Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Taylor Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 9348 Rfn A. Bowers DCM. BEF with 1st R Irish Rifles, 6.11.1914. Awarded the DCM, London Gazette 5.8.1915: ‘For gallant conduct and devotion to duty on the 9th May, 1915, near Rouges Bancs, when he left a captured trench during daylight and collected bombs, which had been dropped during the advance. He repeated this action several times during the day.’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Taylor Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 9348 Rfn A. Bowers DCM. BEF with 1st R Irish Rifles, 6.11.1914. Awarded the DCM, London Gazette 5.8.1915: ‘For gallant conduct and devotion to duty on the 9th May, 1915, near Rouges Bancs, when he left a captured trench during daylight and collected bombs, which had been dropped during the advance. He repeated this action several times during the day.’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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