Bowie, Allan Stuart Hunter ( - 1918)

Second Lieutenant, 23rd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

Buried at Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery

Commemorated at Hillhead High School

Second Lieutenant Allan S. H. Bowie , the only son of Mrs Bowie, 16 Eton Place, Glasgow, is remembered at School as an exceptionally thoughtful, studious and earnest pupil. He had from first to last a high sense of duty, and has left behind a fine record of unselfish and devoted service to many worthy causes. For several years he was an active member of the Cadet Corps, and an enthusiastic Scout. He continued his connection with the latter movement long after he left School, and for seven years acted as Scoutmaster in the 1st Glasgow troop. He was devoted to his boys, who, in turn, looked on him with admiration and affection, many of them corresponding with him to the last. He took a deep interest in church work, and the Christian Endeavour movement had in him one of its strongest supporters. He was a member of several literary societies, and had a cultured and discriminating taste in literature. In civil life he was for several years in the coal exporting trade in Glasgow , but some time ago he transferred to the same business in Hull. War and strife were hateful to his whole nature, and only a high and compelling sense of duty made him join the Army. He served for a time with the Hull Artillery Volunteers, and later transferred to the Artist Rifles. In 1916 he was recommended for a commission, and, after a period in a training school, he was attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery. In August 1917, he proceeded to France. There he did his duty in the thorough, systematic, whole-hearted manner that characterised all his actions. On the 9th May 1918, he was killed in action during the furious fighting that marked the German advance. Many notable testimonies to his gallantry, resolution and unselfishness have been received from the officers and men of his regiment.

To his widowed mother, whose only child he was, the heartfelt sympathy of the School is extended.