The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…
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.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey V. S. Bowlby.=]
=BOWLEY, HARRY EDWIN=, Private, No. 9913, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Harry Edwin Bowley, Private 2/4th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt. (now on active service), by his wife, Eliza May (41,
Bentham Road. Brighton), dau. of John Winder, of Brighton; _b._
Brighton, 25 June, 1894; educ. St. Luke’s Terrace Board School there;
was for some time a telegraph boy at the Brighton Post Office; enlisted
1 Jan. 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and during
the retreat from Mons was sent with a dispatch but never returned, and
is assumed to have been killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept.
1914.
=BOWMAN, FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1793C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWMAN, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3771), 180916, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWYER, CHARLES ALEXANDER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7440) S.S. 1330,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BOWYER, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B., 215065, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOX, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 112109, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BOX, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2822), 175583, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOXALL, CARYL LERMITTE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt.,
yr. _s._ of Alleyne Alfred, 1st Baron Boxall, of 14, Cambridge
Square, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the late
James Henry Lermitte, of Knightons, J.P., and nephew of Mr. Boxall,
K.C., Recorder of Brighton, and of the late Col. Sir Charles Boxall,
K.C.B.; _b._ at 14, Cambridge Square, W., 26 Dec. 1887; educ. Eton
(1901–6) and Sandhurst; received his commission in the 2nd Hampshires,
9 Oct. 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911, and Capt. 4 Oct.