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 NAME:                      Bowers, Arthur
 RANK:                      Private
 UNIT:                      Dorsetshire Regiment
 BATTALION ETC:             2nd Battalion
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         9007
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of cholera 7th September 1917 whilst prisoner of war at Darbesia, Turkey
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Basra Memorial, Iraq
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 25th December 1893. Joined army 5th December 1910.
                            Son of William John & Emma Bowers of 17B York Street, Gosport.
                            Brother of William F. Bowers of 229 Walton Rd., Woking, Surrey.
                            Born: Alverstoke, Hants. Enlisted: Dorchester. Resided: Gosport, Hants