GEORGE STIRLING BOWMAN
by Christine Bullock, Cheshire England
christinebullock@ntlworld.com

Born 31st May 1875 at 22 Balfour Street, Dundee, Parish of Mains, Scotland.
The fourth born child of John Guthrie Bowman and Mary Ann Hogg.

Married Jessie McIntosh Robertson on 2nd June 1902 at the Woods Rooms,
United Church of Scotland, District St. Clement, Dundee.
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Jessie was the daughter of Thomas Robertson and Elizabeth Reid Maxwell.
The entire Robertson family worked at the Robertson and Orchar Flax
machinery factory which was owned by Thomas Robertson's uncle who
was the Lord Provost of Dundee.

Children: Elizabeth Robertson Bowman, b. 28th April 1903, at 11:00 a.m. at
48 Cleghorn Street, Dundee, Scotland.

Occupation: Grocer and Spirit Dealer.

Widow Jessie Robertson Bowman, a violin teacher, and daughter Elizabeth moved to London, along with other members of the Robertson family. Daughter Elizabeth R. Bowman married Thomas Dryden Grassing on the 26th July 1930 at St. Marks Church, Harlesden, Middlesex, London and died two years later from birth complications.

MILITARY SERVICE:
Scottish Military Service: Fife and Forfar Regiment - 3 years -
Canadian Military Service: Enlisted 1st September 1915, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Next of kin listed as: John Bowman of 9 Elgin Street; Sister-in-law Mrs. W. Gill (Cecial Hogg Bowman) of Haileybury, Ontario, Canada; and his daughter Miss L. (Lizzie) Bowman of Montrose, Scotland.
Training: Cookery Course, Aldershot, England 4 April 1916.
Foreign Service: France. Departure 10th August 1916.
Killed in Action: 11 November 1916 - Belgium whilst fighting for the 47th Battalion British Columbia Regiment.
Memorial: Name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, near Calais, France. This memorial is mainly for those Canadian Soldiers who died at Vimy Ridge, France which happened almost a year later. Commonwealth War Graves Commission-Canada