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ERNEST WILEY SOWEN
East Riding of Yorkshire HU17
England
Pte, Ernest Wiley Sowen, CEF
L/Cpl, Walter Sowen, 2nd EYR
BORN ARRAM, YORKSHIRE, 20/11/1892. SON OF GEORGE WILEY SOWEN (1854-1892) AND EMMA MOORE (1854-1933), OF 32, WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. FROM A BAPTIST FAMILY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN IRON MONGER'S APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS).
EMIGRATED TO CANADA ON 10/02/1913, ARRIVING HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. WORKED AS A TEAMSTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, SCAR ON BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE.
HE ENLISTED AT VANCOUVER, ON 25/10/1917. SERVED WITH THE 72ND COLUMBIAN REGIMENT, CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/09/1918, AGED 24.
HIS NAME IS LISTED WITH HIS BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, WALTER SOWEN (1891-1915), 9086, 2ND EYR, KILLED IN ACTION ON 05/05/1915, ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL.
Wancourt 62128
Hauts-de-France
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