Sergeant G. W. Bowie, Welsh Regiment, later Royal Engineers

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Sergeant G. W. Bowie, Welsh Regiment, later Royal Engineers 

1914 Star (9642 Pte. G. W. Bowie. 2/Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (9642 Sjt. G. W. Bowie. Welsh R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George William Bowie)  

George William Bowie attested for the Welsh Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He transferred to the Royal Engineers on 5 May 1917, and served with the Roads and Quarries Section, being advanced Sergeant.

In civilian life, Bowie was employed as a postman in southwest London and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement in 1948 (London Gazette 2 April 1948).

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