William John Bowden

Place of birth: Paignton, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Farm labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 238169
Joined Hood: 30th April 1928 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 1st January 1929 (Petty Officer)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
11th February 1907 | 21st November 1907 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd November 1907 | 20th January 1908 | Impregnable | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st January 1908 | 9th May 1908 | Hogue | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th May 1908 | 23rd May 1908 | Vivid I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th May 1908 | 10th August 1908 | Doris | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th August 1908 | 6th November 1908 | Doris | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th November 1908 | 2nd May 1910 | New Zealand | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd May 1910 | 20th January 1911 | New Zealand | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st January 1911 | 31st January 1911 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st February 1911 | 19th April 1911 | Bellerophon | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
20th April 1911 | 7th August 1911 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th January 1912 | 2nd February 1912 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd February 1912 | 25th March 1912 | Collingwood | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
26th March 1912 | 29th April 1912 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
30th April 1912 | 11th February 1913 | King Alfred | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th February 1913 | 3rd March 1913 | Vivid | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th March 1913 | 16th April 1915 | Devonshire | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th April 1915 | 9th July 1915 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th July 1915 | 19th May 1916 | Blake (Camelion, [...]) | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th May 1916 | 31st December 1916 | Blake (Camelion, [...]) | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st January 1917 | 10th September 1917 | Blake (Manners) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th September 1917 | 18th October 1917 | Blake (Manners) | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
19th October 1917 | 31st March 1918 | Blake | Able Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st April 1918 | 6th April 1919 | Blake | Leading Seaman | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th April 1919 | 24th July 1921 | Blake | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
25th July 1921 | 2nd August 1922 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd August 1922 | 8th February 1923 | Valiant | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
9th February 1923 | 31st December 1923 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st January 1924 | 31st October 1926 | Ambrose | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st November 1926 | 20th December 1926 | Dartmouth | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st December 1926 | 15th January 1928 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
16th January 1928 | 25th January 1928 | Osprey (P 40) | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
26th January 1928 | 29th April 1928 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
30th April 1928 | 1st January 1929 | Hood | Petty Officer | ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
Additional Photographs
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Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
ADM188/423 via WW1 Lives at Sea