Thank you to Margaret Dennis for the following research.
Frederick was baptised in January 1889 at St Martin’s Church Dorking. He was the youngest of six children born to John Bowen, a painter from Dorking, and his wife Susan (nee Edwards) from Horsham.
In 1891 the family lived at 4 North Street, and Frederick spent four years at St Martin’s School Dorking before his father died, and Mrs Bowen and the children moved away. By 1911, Frederick was working as an ironmonger’s assistant in Leominster, Herefordshire.
He enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, in March 1916 at Portsmouth. Less than two months later on 21st April, Private Bowen died of lung disease at the Royal Marines Depot in Deal, Kent . He was buried in Deal Cemetery. He left a widow Beatrice, with a home in Bedminster, Herefordshire.
| Born | Dorking, Surrey | |
| Son of | John and Susan (nee Edwards) Bowen of 4, North Street, Dorking | |
| Husband of | Beatrice Bowen of Bedminster, Herefordshire | |
| Regiment | Royal Marine Light Infantry | |
| Number | PO/1462 (S) | |
| Date of Death | 21st April 1916 | |
| Place of Death | Deal, Kent | |
| Cause of Death | Died of lung disease | |
| Age | 27 | |
| Cemetery | Deal Cemetery, Deal, Kent |
