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South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Second Lieutenant Aubrey Herbert Bower WEBSTER - 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment


Killed in Action on Tuesday 25th April 1916 aged 27

2nd Lt Webster


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France & Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Bray Military Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
27 July 1915 in France ~ Knowle War Memorial
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials 
Accidentally Killed during Training 1914 ? Ante Chapel at Brasenose College
    King's School Worcester
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Worcester Cathedral
near Bray Pte 1061 19th Public Schools Bn, Royal Fusiliers St Andrew’s Church, Ombersley 
     
  • 26 Jan 1915 - Commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant in Northamptonshire Regiment [Gazette]

Circumstances of Death

Aubrey was killed by the accidental bursting of a bomb whilst taking part in a Bombing Course near Bray on 25th April 1916.


 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
25 Jun 1888 in Dorridge  
   
Parents Names Abode
Rev. John and Edith Fanny Webster The Vicarage, Ombersley                          
   
Schools Colleges
King’s School, Worcester 1900 - 1907 Brasenose College, Oxford 1907 - 1910
   
Address History Employment History
1888 - Dorridge 1900 - Scholar at King's School
1891 - Church House, Yazor, Herefordshire 1907 - Student at Brasenose 
1901 - King's School, Worcester 1911 - Teacher at Yardley Court School, Tonbridge
1907 - Oxford University  
1911 - 7 London Road, Tonbridge  
1916 - The Vicarage, Ombersley  
   
  •  Bellringer at St Andrew’s Church, Ombersley