Lot 455
PAPERWORKS ETC TO F/S/Sjt & CARRIAGE SMITH H BOWDON.
A Memorial Scroll and two original newspaper cuttings, relating to Horace Bowdon (Bowden) Royal Field Artillery formerly Yeomanry & 1st/1st Btty Devon RFA. Aged 33 years a native of Wear Gifford, the son of Mr & Mrs Walter Bowdon. The two original cuttings relate to his being a local sportsman and his enlistment in Credition. He went to India where he succumbed to fever and died on the 21st September 1916. A framed miniature of him also a sleeve red/gold bullion dress badge with Crown over Field Cannon and a horseshoe inverted above sergeants stripes.
A 1914 Xmas tin with cigarette (16) and tobacco contents including Photo & Xmas card. A note states awarded to C P O W W G Bowden RN. In 1918 Walter W G Bowden was serving on HMS Woolwich. (Entitled a 1914/15 Trio)
