Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private N. Bowker, 17th (2nd City Pals) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War on 22 March 1918

1914-15 Star (8407 Pte. N. Bowker. Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8407 Pte. N. Bowker. Manch. R.) good very fine (3) £70-£90

Norman Bowker was born in Salford and attested for the Manchester Regiment, serving with the 17th (2nd City Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1915. He was taken Prisoner of War near St. Quentin on the Western Front on 22 March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive, on which date most of the battalion was either killed, wounded, or taken prisoner, and having been released following the cessation of hostilities was discharged to Class Z Reserve on 8 March 1919.