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Army Service Corps
Bowstead
391503
Orris William
Private
Liverpool

Son of William James & Louisa Bowstead, Husband Of Emma (Nee Hull).

March qtr 1919

Orris W Bowstead Aged 28 West Derby 8b 1103a

Possibly a IFTC case.

Birth: BOWSTEAD, Orris William
Registration district: West Derby, Lancashire
Year of registration: 1890; Sep qtr
Volume no: 8B; Page no: 532

1891: RG12 Piece: 2988 Folio: 88 Page: 35
Address: 25 Tillotson Street, West Derby, Liverpool
BOWSTEAD, William J Head 25 1866 Stock Exchange Porter & Partner In Oil & Color Store - Liverpool, Lancashire
BOWSTEAD, Louisa Wife 27 1864 - Leamington, Warwickshire
BOWSTEAD, Orris W Son 0 (10M) 1890 - Liverpool, Lancashire

1901: RG13 Piece: 3494 Folio: 62 Page: 23
Address: 81 Connaught Road, West Derby, Lancashire
BOWSTEAD, William J Head 36 1865 Cashier & Book Keeper - Liverpool
BOWSTEAD, Louisa Wife 38 1863 - Leamington, Warwickshire
BOWSTEAD, Orris W Son 10 1891 - Liverpool
BOWSTEAD, Florence L Dtr 7 1894 - Liverpool
KIRBY, Thomas Boarder U/M 30 1871 Printer Compositor - Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire

1910+1:
Address: 8 Halsbury Road, Liverpool
BOWSTEAD, William James Head 45 1866 Secretary of Limited Liability Co - Liverpool
BOWSTEAD, Louisa Wife [Md 21 yrs] 48 1863 - Leamington, Warwickshire
BOWSTEAD, Orris William Son U/M 20 1891 Shop Assistant - Liverpool
BOWSTEAD, Florence Louisa Dtr 17 1894 Milliner Apprentice - Liverpool

Orris W Bowstead married Emma Hull
Registration district: West Derby, Lancashire
Year of registration: 1916; Sep qtr
Volume no: 8B; Page no: 437

Liverpool Echo 25th January 1919

BOWSTEAD: January 22, of Pneumonia while on home leave italy, at 88, Leopold Road ORRIS WILLIAM only son of William James and Louisa Bowstead, of 8, Halbury Road. Deeply mourned by his loving Mother, Dad and sister Floss?

BOWSTEAD:- January 22. at 88, Leopold Road, eged 27 years of septic pneumonia, while on leave. ORRIS WILLIAM, the dearly loved husband of Emma Bowstead. Service to be held at St. Cyprians's Church, Interment at West Derby Cemetery at 3pm (Friends please accept this-the only intimation)
I cant make the verse out, can Amanda assist.

I will send a request to IFTC as he was still a soldier on Active Service.

Deeply mourned by his loving Mother, Dad and sister Floss?

Floss would be Florence Louisa. I believe this to be her...

Florence L Bowstead married William J Genders
Registration district: Liverpool
Year of registration: 1925; Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Volume no: 8B; Page no: 31

Births, Gender nee Bowstead:
GENDERS, Grace F - Liverpool 1929
GENDERS, Kenneth W - Liverpool 1934

Just to confirm that there is a medal index card for this man, but nothing on CWGC, or SDGW.
The MIC is indexed by Ancestry with first name as 'Orus', a misreading of the handwritten entry.
Good luck Katie with the referral to IFTC. The pneumonia will have to be linked to war service, which might be revealed on a death cert.
D

Sorry, lost track of this one, the online newspapers don't cover 1919 so I can't help with the verse. Has this been put forward for IFTC?

As Kathy pointed out, if the newspaper notice was right and he was home on leave it should be a clear-cut case.

Amanda

Not yet Amanda,

All in hand. I would love to see if we can obtain some funding for certificates. Would you like to put him forward as i have a few pending from the Cemetery Registers.

I've contacted Terry Denham about this soldier, we'll see if they can follow up with the death certificate if not we'll have to try and raise some funds!

Amanda

Scanned copy of Obituary and Burial records details sent to IFTC today.

The above has now been accepted by the CWGC as a casualty of WW1

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casua ... %20WILLIAM

Well done for all your hard work Kathy and Amanda!

Good result, indeed! [sorry this is late but have been away.]
Daggers