Ernest George Dowe

A Bombardier with E Battery, Ernest died on 12th of September 1917 at the age of 25. 

Ernest was born at Lowestoft in 1892, a son of Robert Charles and Emma Dowe. He was baptised at Saint John’s Church on 2 February 1896 and his family lived at 29 Raglan Street and this was still their family home in 1911.

Ernest was working as a baker, for S.W. Turner, when he joined the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (Territorial Force), at Lowestoft, on 15 February 1909. He continued to serve with the territorials until April 1911.