Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal J. Bowman, Durham Light Infantry, who died of wounds on 5 November 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (24772 L. Cpl. J. Bowman. 13/Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (24772 Cpl. J. Bowman. Durh. L.I.) very fine (3) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917.

Joseph Bowman was born at Crossgate Moor, Co. Durham, and joined the North Eastern Railway in June 1914, before attesting for the Durham Light Infantry in August of the same year at Durham. He served in the 13th Battalion during the Great War, and was severely wounded to the forearm and head, dying of his wounds at 47 General Hospital, France, on 5 November 1917. He is buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France. A photograph and Obituary appears in the North Eastern Railway Magazine, January 1918.