Alfred George Bowtle

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

772204

Unit at enlistment:

8th Brigade C.F.A., 40th Battery

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Cremated, Brantford, Ontario - No Known Cemetery

Commemorated at:

Ancient Order of Foresters

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

43 Dundas Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

43 Dundas Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Railway Mail Clerk

Employer:

Brantford Post Office

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX August 24, 1916

Three Casualties Reported Today – Sergt. Bowtle, Pte. Mudge of Brantford, Driver Leishman of Paris

This morning’s casualty list obtained the names of three more Brant County men who have suffered in recent battles. Sergt. Alfred Bowtle and Pte. Ernest Mudge are given as having been wounded and Driver Bert Leishman, of Paris, is reported as having been gassed.

Sergt. Bowtle was formerly a recruiting sergeant in the 32nd Battery. Official notice of his wounding was received by his wife on Tuesday last. The message stated that he was in the hospital at Cambridge and that he had been gassed. He left for overseas early this year in the ammunition column of the 40th Battery from Toronto. Previous to enlistment he was employed at the post office here and resided at 43 Dundas Street.

BX December 20, 1975

BOWTLE, Alfred George – At the John Noble Home, Wednesday, December 17, 1975, in his 95th year, Alfred George Bowtle; husband of the late Edith Florence Maskell; dear father of Mrs. Raymond (Dorothy) Perrin, Brantford; grandfather of Mrs. Rodney (Janice) Woods and David, both of Brantford and great-grandfather of Pamela Woods. A family service was conducted at McCleister Funeral Home Ltd., 30 Brant Avenue, on Friday by Rev. Frank Cook of Grace Anglican Church, followed by cremation.