Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. S. Bowden, Manchester Regiment

1914-15 Star (2274 Pte. G. S. Bowden. Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2274 Pte. G. S. Bowden. Manch. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Shirley Bowden); and Memorial Scroll with Buckingham Palace enclosure, all contained in glazed display frames, extremely fine (4) £240-280

George Shirley Bowden was born at Marple, Cheshire, and attested for the Manchester Regiment at Stockport, Cheshire in August 1914, having previously served as a Colour Sergeant with the Stockport Lads’ Drill Company. He served with ‘C’ Company, 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War in Gallipoli from 7 May 1915, and on 4 June 1915 took part in the ‘Charge of the Manchesters’ at Krithia. Wounded in the attack, he was evacuated to the Military Hospital at Malta, and despite recovering well from his wounds, contracted dysentery and died on 5 November 1915. He is buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.