Ordnance Artificer 4th Class George Bowyer (P/MX 51311) was born in Liverpool on February 20th 1919, the son of Alfred John Bower and Mary Ellen, his wife, née Batty. He married Bessie Wilhelmina Dodd in 1939.
Alfred, George’s father served in the Royal Navy from 1908 to 1930, rising to become a Petty Officer and received the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1930.