Rank
Captain
Regiment
Essex Regiment
Date of death
16 August 1915
Age of death
41
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Biography
John Grave Gowan served as Captain in the 4th Battalion, the Essex Regiment, which was based in Gordon Road, Ilford. He died on the 16th August 1915, aged 41, during the disastrous landings in Gallipoli, Turkey. He is buried in the Azmak Cemetery in Turkey.
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission