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John Leslie Mowbray

 John Leslie Mowbray

Person details

Forename(s) John Leslie
Surname Mowbray
Rank Major
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Age 41
Death Killed in action
Place of Death the Somme, France
Date of Death 21/07/1916
Year of Entry 1889
House Letter H,D
School Notes
Comments Reg: "In France on the staff from Aug 1914". Obituary in Radleian of 28/10/1916. Uncle of MC Mowbray

DSO sold in 2004
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-record...
Unit 41st Brigade
Prefect Prefect
Military Decorations [DSO] Distinguished Service Order, twice mentioned in despatches
Album Number 6
Battle Battle of the Somme
Previous Regiment ?
Additional Notes Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 15 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/
Burial or Cemetery PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Grave ref IV. F. 20
Place of Birth Hamilton, Lanarkshire
Post School Civil engineer 1894-1900; Career soldier
Shields in Hall SM14