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HIGHMORE Charles Bowyer 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20758

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This record is about the HIGHMORE Charles Bowyer 2/Lt dating from 2000-2024.

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SKR/DAT/IP/20758

Title

HIGHMORE Charles Bowyer 2/Lt

Date

2000-2024

Description

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Surname: HIGHMORE;

Forename(s): Charles Bowyer;

Initials: CB;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Previous Number: 7607;

Previous Battalion: 28 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 36 Coy;

How killed: D;

Where: UK;

When killed: 26-Feb-1919;

Other Data: War Diary - hit by spent bullet 28/6/1917
Charterhouse School Register 1872-1931: b 1/12/1887 son of Sir Nathaniel Highmore of Worcester Park, GBE, KCB at School 1900-1904. Solicitor.. Gt War MGC. Died at Dorchester 29/2/1919 of wounds received at Monchy-le-Preux.
Dragon School Oxford - Portrait
enlisted as 7607 28 London Regt 19/1/1916. Born 1/12/1886, a solicitor, living at 49 Cathcart Rd, SW. Educ: Chaterhouse.
Casualty Form: 28/4/1917 from UK to BD Camiers. 5/5/1917 to join 36 Coy. 11/5/1917 joined in field. 29/6/1917 wounded in action at Monchy
1/7/1917 to 37 FA - gsw abdomen. To British Red Cross Hosp. 11/7/1917 transf to England on HS Warilda.
Medical Board, Jan 1918 : he has now recovered from effects of gsw but is still in a markedly nervous condition with muscular tremors, Sleeps badly. Was hit by MG bullet in abdomen below sternum - bullet removed. Has healed well.
Died 26/2/1919 - pneumonia, at Dorchester. "Times" 1/3/1919. Will "all property to sister, Dorothy River Highmore (aged 35 in 1919)"
Copy papers GS Archives;

Other Notes: HIGHMORE, Second Lieutenant, CHARLES BOWYER, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of pneumonia 26 February 1919 following wounds (gas) received at Monchy-le-Preux. Age 32. Son of Sir Nathaniel Highmore, G.B.E., K.C.B., and Lady Highmore, of Worcester Park, Surrey. Malden (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard - Surrey, United Kingdom.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/73766;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language

English

Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description

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