HENRY CHARLES DOWE

Born: 6th March 1896, Ipswich.

Baptised: 6^th September 1896, at St. Michael’s Church, Ipswich – family home at 10, Newton Street, Ipswich.

Died: 25th January 1919; age 23; Died in Egypt – of Pneumonia.

Residence: 10, Newton Street, Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 47286

Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion.

Formerly 2549, R.A.M.C.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

Q.261.

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery,

Egypt.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Benjamin Dowe, of 10, Newton Street, Ipswich and the late Jane Dowe.

CENSUS

1901   10, Newton Street, Ipswich.

Henry was 5 years old and living with his parents and siblings.

Benjamin Dowe, 42, a Tailor, born Ipswich.

Jane Dowe (nee Garrod), 41, born Whitton, Suffolk.

Ethel Dowe, 13, born Ipswich.

Wilfred Dowe, 11, born Ipswich.

Dorothy Beatrice Dowe, 9, born Ipswich.

Margaret Dowe, 7, born Ipswich.

Percy Albert Dowe, 2, born Ipswich.

Violet May Dowe, 11 months, born Ipswich.

1911   10, Newton Street, Ipswich.

Henry was 15 years old, a Grocer’s Assistant. He was living with his parents and siblings.

Benjamin, 56, a Tailor.

Jane, 53.

Percy, 12.

Violet, 10.

Arthur Benjamin Dowe, 7, born Ipswich.

Henry’s mother, Jane Dowe, died on the 12^th March 1917, after two days’ illness, at her home – 10, Newton Street, Ipswich.

Soldiers’ Effects to Benjamin Dowe – father.

Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion: