Frank Geoffrey Bower
He was listed as an Articled Audit Clerk in the 1939 Register.
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Son of Harold Arthur Bower and Dorothy Helen Bower, nee Ensor of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
His Father, Harold Arthur Bower was born on the 24th August 1893.
His Mother, Dorothy Helen Ensor was born on the 12th August 1893.
His Elder Sister, Blanche H. Slack, nee Bower was born on the 28th November 1919.
Frank Geofrey Bower was born on the 24th September 1922 in Loughborough, Leicestershire.
According to th 1939 Register the Family were living at : 27. Annesley Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, Bower, Harold A., a Traffic Inspector (Omnibus), Bower, Dorothy h., Unpaid Domestic Duties, Slack, nee Bower, Blanche H., a Shorthand Typist, Bower, Frank G., an Articled Audit Clerk.
Served with 16 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died : 4th April 1943, aged 20 years old.
Lost In Aircraft : Wellington III : Serial Number : X3471 : The Bomber had taken off from RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire on a low level bombing practice and crashed on the Otmoor Bombing Range near, Beckley, Oxfordshire after losing control at 1500 feet during a night low level bombing run.
Buried : Hucknall Cemetery, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section : D. Grave : 472.
CWGC Reference : 2702993.
Personal Inscription reads : "TILL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY."
Photo of Frank Geoffrey Bower
Photograph of Sergeant, Frank Geoffrey Bower's CWGC Headstone in Hucknall, Cemetery, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 26th May 2025.
Photo Sergeant, Frank Geoffrey Bower
Photograph of Sergeant, Frank Geoffrey Bower, 16 OTU RAFVR added by Gary Crosby.
Photo of Frank Geoffrey Bower
Photograph of Sergeant, Frank Geoffrey Bower, 16 OTU RAFVR added by Gary Crosby.