TOWE, Joseph Alfred

Pte 372916 ASC. MT. b 1887 became a commercial traveller. Brother to Arthur and Walter Jarvis, all were born Pendleton and on 1911C were living in Didsbury, Manchester. Their parents were Alfred Towe and Emma Bocking (b 1863 Hathersage and by 1871C living at The Hill, Outseats). (Emma’s sister Fanny married her husband Alfred’s brother, Joseph Towe). Also on the same Didsbury memorial as his uncle Arthur Towe above, is Joseph Alfred’s son; Flight Sgt Eric Towe, air gunner, shot down in WW2 over the Netherlands 26/6/1943