[Illustration: =Eustace G. W. Bourke.=]
=BOURKE, JAMES PATRICK=, Private, No. 93, 1st Australian Light Horse, 2nd _s._ of James Bourke, Private Estate Steward, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Wallis; _b._ Kilfrush, co. Limerick, 23 Nov. 1880; educ. National School, Hospital; went to Australia in June, 1907; enlisted after the outbreak of war and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 26 June, 1915. He _m._ at Hospital, 10 Sept. 1905, Mary, eldest dau. of Loughlin Doran, of 26, Deyne Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester, and had a dau., Mary Elizabeth, _b._ 23 Nov. 1906.
=BOURNE, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4221), 294840, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOURNS, CHARLES=, Lieut., 6th, attd. 4th, Battn. The Rifle Brigade, yr. _s._ of Charles Bourns, of Boley, Lichfield, formerly of West Hill, Oxted, Physician, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Edward Walker, of West Hill, Oxted, and Araluen, Eastbourne; _b._ West Hill, Oxted, 7 Aug. 1881; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School and St. John’s College, Oxford (M.A.), and was an Assistant Master at Repton when war was declared. Being a member of the Repton O.T.C., he obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in Oct. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. in the Rifle Brigade, 22 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action near Hooge, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ He was an Oxford (Rugby football) Blue in 1903.
[Illustration: =Charles Bourns.=]
=BOUTLE, SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2047), 209405, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE, JACOB EDWARD=, Lieut., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of the late Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie, of Coleshill House, by his wife, Maria Eleanor (Coleshill House, Highworth, Wilts.), dau. of Sir Edward Hulse, 5th Bt., and grandson of Jacob, 4th Earl of Radnor; _b._ Sherburn Lodge, Watlington, co. Oxford, 12 July, 1887; educ. Evelyns, Uxbridge; St. Vincents, Eastbourne; Eton, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, 8 Feb. 1908; joined his battn. at Colchester, and left with them for India in 1909. He was promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. 1911, returning to England the same year. On the outbreak of war, after some weeks at Sheerness, he went out with a draft on 30 Aug., arriving at St. Nazaire 1 Sept., 1914. He left there to join the 2nd Battn. in billets at Paynon, 20 Sept., and was posted to D Coy., taking command of 13 and 14 platoons. The battn. remained at or near Paynon till 18 Oct., when they were moved to Ypres. They were in the trenches from 22–24 Oct. when they returned to billets in Ypres. On 27 Oct. they went into reserve trenches in a wood just east of Hooge, and on 29th advanced to reinforce the 3rd Brigade at Gheluvelt. Lieut. Pleydell-Bouverie was hit 31 Oct. while ordering a counter attack, was carried to the rear under fire by Riflemen Taylor, Scott, Alcott and Quick, and from the field hospital was sent by train to Boulogne. He died early in the morning of 1 Nov. in No. 13 stationary hospital where he had been admitted a few hours before and was buried in the English cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =J. E. Pleydell-Bouverie.=]
=BOWDEN, ALBERT JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., A. 890), 123326, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWDEN, EDWARD RATCLIFFE=, Lieut., 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Bowden, of Sheriff Mount, Gateshead Fell, co. Durham, J.P., head of the firm of Thomas Bowden, Sons & Nephew, of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Manchester, Chartered Accountants; _b._ 28 April, 1889; educ. Corchester Preparatory School, Sedbergh, and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A.), was a member of the O.T.C. at Cambridge, and received a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers 1910, being promoted Lieut. 25 Dec. 1912. He died of wounds received in the action at Ypres, 28 April, 1915, and was buried at Abbeville; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Ratcliffe Bowden.=]
=BOWELL, FREDERICK JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 2088), 162995, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BOWEN, CUTHBERT EDWARD LATIMER=, Assistant District Superintendent, East African Police, Lieut., attd. King’s African Rifles, elder _s._ of the Rev. Thomas James Bowen, Vicar of St. Nicholas, Bristol, by his wife, Susan Elvina, dau. of John Williams, of Ty-ar-y-Graig, Swansea; _b._ at All Saints’ Vicarage, Swansea, 23 Sept. 1881; educ. at Box Grove, Guildford, and Rugby. He joined the 3rd (Royal Surrey Militia) Battn. of the Queen’s during the Boer campaign, and did duty at Guildford depôt during the 1900 embodiment, and in South Africa. After the peace of Vereeniging he was gazetted into the Regular Army and posted to the 1st Battn. of the Queen’s, then stationed on the North-West Frontier of India. In 1904 he was transferred to the West India Regt., and served with the 1st Battn. in Jamaica under Col. A. R. Loscombe. In 1905 he was employed under the Colonial Office, and became an assistant superintendent of police in the East African Protectorate and was serving under Major W. F. S. Edwards, the Insp.-General, when war broke out. He was attached to the King’s African Rifles, and fell on 1 Dec. 1914, at Utendi, in the Nyanza Province. His body was recovered and brought to British territory and buried at Utendi. The following message was received from Col. Edward, D.S.O.: “Mr. Bowen’s loss not only to the Police Force but to a large number of personal friends, will be most severely felt. I deem it to be the wish of all that their condolences should be inseparable from the high tribute of praise of the commanding officer that Mr. Bowen evidently lost his life in a gallant attempt to capture Susuni Hill. Concerning myself, I feel that I have lost both a gallant and true friend.” He _m._ at Nairobi, British East Africa, 25 May, 1907, Alice May, dau. of (--) Swift, and had two daus.: Kathleen Elvina, _b._ 25 March, 1908; and Dorothy Starbuck, _b._ 25 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Cuthbert E. L. Bowen.=]
=BOWEN, EDWARD=, Signaller (R.F.R., B. 2774), 230362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOWEN, GEORGE FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2434), 169906, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWEN, HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 3265, B Coy., 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Charles Richard Bowen; _b._ Camberwell, 17 Nov. 1893; was a Clerk, but after the outbreak of war joined the Surrey Rifles, 25 Jan. 1915, and was killed at Festubert at 6 a.m., 9 May, following being shot through the temple by a sniper; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Bowen.=]
=BOWERS, PERCIVAL CONWAY=, Private, No. 9664, 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of the late John Bowers (who served 22 years in the Army with the Yorks and Lancs., and _d._ 25 Aug. 1915), by his wife, Ann (Queen Street, Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincs.), dau. of (..); _b._ Broughton, co. Lincoln, 13 June, 1895; enlisted 9 Dec. 1913, and was killed in action, being shot by a sniper, 21 Feb. 1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot, south-east of Rue Bacqueort; _unm._
[Illustration: =Percival Conway Bowers.=]
=BOWES, ROBERT EDWARD=, Officers’ Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5306, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWES, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2652T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWLBY, GEOFFREY VAUX SALVIN=, Capt., Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), 6th but 2nd surviving _s._ of the late Edward Salvin Bowlby, of Gilston Park, Harlow, Essex, and Knoydart, Inverness, J.P., D.L., by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Vans-Agnew, of Barnbarroch, and Sheuchan, co. Wigtown; _b._ London, 1 Dec. 1884; educ. Eton, and joined the Royal Horse Guards from the Militia (King’s Own Scottish Borderers) as 2nd Lieut., 9 March, 1904. He was promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1905, and Capt. 6 May, 1908. He went to Ireland in 1909 as A.D.C. to Sir Neville Lyttleton, returning to his regt. in Sept. 1910 to take over the Adjutancy which he held to Sept. 1913. On the outbreak of war he was sent to France in advance of the composite regt., as billeting officer to the 4th Cavalry Brigade, rejoining his regt. the day before the battle of Mons. After the fight at Wytschaete, 29 Oct.-1 Nov. 1914, Capt. Bowlby was the senior officer left and took over command of the composite regt. for a short time, until each squadron went back to its own regt. On rejoining the “Blues” he commanded the A Squadron. He was killed leading his squadron in a charge across 1,000 yards of open country north of Bellewarde Farm, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the afternoon of 13 May, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “I cannot tell you what a loss he is to the regt.; he was as gallant as he could be and a magnificent soldier. He was so keen and energetic and proud of his squadron, of which he took the greatest care.” Capt. Bowlby was a fine polo player, and enjoyed great popularity at the London grounds. In his day there were few to surpass him in skill and dash. For several seasons he was No. 1 in the Blues’ team, and in two years (1910 and 1912) he helped the side to win the Inter-Regimental Cup at Hurlingham. The other members of those victorious sides were: Capt. Lord Alastair Innes-Ker, Capt. H. E. Brassey, and Capt. J. F. Harrison. Capt. Bowlby was in the team again in 1913 and in 1914, but his regt. was in both years beaten by the 1st Life Guards. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, 18 Oct. 1911, the Hon. Lettice, née Annesley, 4th dau. of Arthur, 11th Viscount Valentia, C.B., M.V.O., and had two children: John Edward Richard, _b._ 8 May, 1914; and Elizabeth Mary, _b._ 3 Feb. 1913.