18 Aug 2023
Wife: Alice Beatrice Parker
Born: ABT 1868 in London Census: 1891 in London (see note 1) Father: Mother:
Husband: George Frederick Gowland Married: 1889 in London 1 (see note 2)
Born: ABT 1868 in London Census: 1891 in London (see note 3) Occupation: 1891 Commercial Clerk Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Christopher Robert C Gowland Born: 1894 in London 1 (see note 4) Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 5) Occupation: 1911 Apprentice to Cycle Works Resided: 1914 in Trumpington 2 (see note 6) Occupation: 1914 Cycle Mechanic 2 Military: 1914 - 1918 3 (see note 7) Died: 2 Dec 1918 in France 4 (see note 8) Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1406414 Media desc: Lives of the First World War
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) Newspaper report. (3) Service record. (4) Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 22, born St Georges, with husband George F Gowland and two children Note (2) Dec 1889 St George in the East 1c 811 Note (3) Age 22, born St Georges. Clerk (Commercial), with wife Alice B and two children Note (4) Sep 1894 Edmonton 3a 309 Note (5) Age 16, born London. Apprentice to Cycle Works, with Edgar Atkinson, Cycle Maker Note (6) Cambridge Chronicle 11 September 1914 p.6: Under the heading 'Patriots All!', Christopher Gowland (20) cycle mechanic, Trumpington, was included in the list of those who had joined Lord Kitchener's Second Army at Cambridge. They had enlisted at the Cambridge Corn Exchange Note (7) See Lives of the First World War Note (8) GOWLAND, C Rank: Lance Corporal Service No: 12450 Date of Death: 02/12/1918 Regiment/Service: Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st/1st Bn. Grave Reference: B. 44. Cemetery: DENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index