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GB-2014-WSA-03649 · Person · 1890-?

Bowyer-Bower, Aubrey Outram, son of Thomas Bowyer-Bower, of Ealing; b. March 28, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (H); left Easter 1907; served with the Canadian Forces in Great War I.

GB-2014-WSA-03644 · Person · 1874-1928

Bowman, Paget John Merrimam, only son of George Cyril Bowman, of Haslemere, Surrey, by Frederica Caroline, daughter of John Jones Merriman, M. D., of Kensington; b. Aug. 29, 1874; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left March 1892; adm. a solicitor March 1899; practised in London; Clerk to the Vintry Ward; an amateur actor and musician of distinction; advisory business director of the National Opera Co.; m. May 3, 1905, Sibyl Mary, younger daughter of Capt. Norcliffe Gilpin, of Chelsea; d. as the result of a motor accident Feb. 23, 1928.

GB-2014-WSA-03632 · Person · 1866-?

BOWKER, ALEXANDER GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bowker, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, and Charlotte Martha Smith; b. 25 Jan 1866; adm. (H/G) 22 Jan 1880; left Dec 1882; farmed in USA and Canada; m. 18 Dec 1896 Sarah Louisa, second dau. of James Gunn, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

GB-2014-WSA-03631 · Person · 1901-?

Bowie, Alexander Chichele Plowden Douglas, son of Alexander Bowie, M. D., of Mayfair; by Henrietta Annie Plowden; b. April 23, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (H); left Dec. 1917; an industrial chemist and engineer resident in Australia; M.I. Mech.E.; m. Dec. 20, 1930, Margaret, daughter of Thomas O'Tonner, of Canterbury, Kent; d.

Bowen, Rowland, 1916-1978
GB-2014-WSA-03617 · Person · 1916-1978

Bowen, Rowland, son of Charles Bowen of Hampstead, and Nina May, d. of William Rains Johnston of Finchley; b. 27 Feb. 1916; adm. Apr. 1929 (H); left Dec. 1933; Indian Police, NW Province and Frontier Constabulary, 1936-40; FRGS 1940; Indian Engineers 1940-5 (Capt.); with merchants in Java 1948-9; RE air survey in India 1951-8, Maj. RE 1955; Joint Intell.; d. 4 Sept. 1978

Bowen, Peter, 1919-1939
GB-2014-WSA-03616 · Person · 1919-1939

Bowen, Peter, brother of Rowland Bowen (qv); b. 2 Oct. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left Apr. 1935; d. July 1939.

GB-2014-WSA-03507 · Person · 1865-1922

BOOKER, JOSIAS ANTONY NUSSEY, eldest son of Rev. George Booker, Perpetual Curate of St. John the Baptist, Holland Road, Kensington, and Rachel Elizabeth, third dau. of John Nussey, Chislehurst, Kent; b. 15 Jul 1865; adm. (H) 23 Sep 1880; left Mar 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Oct 1883; of Wessington Court, Woolhope, Herefordshire; DL Herefordshire, JP (1892) Herefordshire; m. 13 Oct 1887 Blanche Mabel, younger dau. of Maj. Richard W. Brettingham, Waveney Lodge, Brighton; d. 10 Mar 1922.

GB-2014-WSA-03506 · Person · 1867-1938

BOOKER, GEORGE EDWARD NUSSEY, brother of Josias Antony Nussey Booker (qv); b. 14 Mar 1867; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1882; left Apr 1883; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1884; migr. to Exeter Coll. 1885; 2nd Lieut., 5th Dragoon Guards, 15 Nov 1887; Lieut., 21 Nov 1894; retd. 1894; Staff Capt., Remounts Dept., South African War, 1899-1902; Capt. and temp. Lieut. -Col. commanding 1st and 4th Reserve Regts. of Cavalry during 1914-18 war; Lieut. -Col., Reserve of Officers; despatches; CBE 3 Jun 1919; JP (1909) Herefordshire; m. 2 Feb 1892 Edith Mary, dau. of Henry Frederic Tiarks, Foxbury, Chislehurst, Kent, merchant banker; d. 27 Aug 1938.

GB-2014-WSA-03494 · Person · 1890-?

Bonner, Charles Bradlaugh, son of Arthur Bonner, F. S. A., of Upper Tooting, by Hypatia, second daughter of Charles Bradlaugh, M. P.; b. April 28, 1890; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 24, 1903 (H); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 22, 1904; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity). July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; enlisted in 2/8th Essex Cyclists May 1917; asst. master at County Secondary School, Bromley, Kent, 1919-22; Head of Boys' School, Woolwich Polytechnic, 1922-28; Senior English Master, Mercers' School, 1936-50; Henry Thornton School 1954-63; author of various translations from French; m. April 1914, Gabrielle Marie-Louise, daughter of Octave Uldry, of Lausanne, Switzerland.

GB-2014-WSA-03460 · Person · 1922-1990

Bodley, Peter Owen, son of Maj. Leonard Owen Bodley IA, and Yolande Cones; b. 19 July 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (H); left July 1941; Roy. Fusiliers 1943-5 (Capt.), wounded in Italy; Lond. Hosp. Med. Sch. 1953-8, MB BS; Maj. RAMC (TA) 1962, Lieut.-Col. (V) 1976; TD; consult. anaesthet­ist St Andrew's Hosp. Billericay and neurosurgical unit Old Church Hosp. Romford; m. 1959 Florence Kathleen Vining; d. 10 Sept. 1990.