Private
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) | 118545 | 1/5th Battalion |
Photo courtesy Janette Pendleton
Biography
A native of Crich, Ernest’s mother and father passed away in 1907 and 1908, repetitively, leaving twelve young children who were split between relatives and adoptive parents. Ernest remained at Crich and was adopted by William and Lizzie Piggin. He worked as a stone delver in the quarries. During the war, he served with the 1/5th Foresters and likely enlisted in Feb 1916. After demob, he relocated to South Normanton and worked as a collier. He married Rebecca E Street in 1926 and after her death he married Doris Fletcher in 1936. He had a daughter and two sons.
Medal Roll Index
Awarded Victory and British War Medals.
Ernest's brothers Harry BOWMER, John BOWMER and Samuel BOWMER are also on the Roll of Honour.
1901: Top of Town, Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
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John | Bowmer | Head | 36 | Quarry man | Crich |
Hannah M | Bowmer | wife | 32 | Crich | |
Lizzie | Bowmer | son | 11 | Crich | |
William F. | Bowmer | son | 10 | Crich | |
John | Bowmer | son | 8 | Crich | |
Samuel | Bowmer | son | 6 | Crich | |
Rebecca | Bowmer | daughter | 5 | Crich | |
Harry | Bowmer | son | 4 | Crich | |
Ernest | Bowmer | son | 3 | Crich | |
Frances | Bowmer | daughter | 2 | Crich |
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1911: Near Church, Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William | Piggin | Head | 42 | Sexton Crich Church | Crich |
Lizzie | Piggin | wife | 42 | Crich | |
Phoebe | Piggin | daughter | 14 | Spinner cotton factory | Crich |
Lizzie | Piggin | daughter | 9 | Crich | |
Ernest | Bowmer | adopted son | 13 | Delver in stone quarry | Crich |
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1939 Register: Blackwell
Ernest Bowmer
b.28 January 1898; colliery hewer, below ground
Dorothy Bradley (Bowmer) b.28 December 1926; school
two closed records