Oliver William BOWDLER - Tunneller ? B.N.A. site (General)

by JaneyH , Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Sunday, May 04, 2014, 21:41 (3851 days ago) @ Jefff

Many thanks for your ideas, Jeff.

Rugby was great - son lost two teeth (wobbly ones that fell out, not knocked out - at aged six it's tag not contact rugby!)

Anyway, back to the family history. The issue of tunnelling under enemy lines I've always taken with a pinch of salt. It was only ever a vague story; I think the fact that the 13th Battalion was a pioneer battalion, drawn heavily from miners, and responsible for digging trenches, is enough of a connection. Anything more is probably embellishment down the years!

I'll keep doing various wildcard searches of different spellings of the name in the hope of finding a medal index card, but I accept that he may never have left England hence no medals. In the meantime I'll gamble £25 to see what the Western Front Association have in terms of pension records.

Jane