1.0St Michael & All Angels Church World War 1 Projecthttps://smaaa.org.uk/ww1ww1bongohttps://smaaa.org.uk/ww1/author/ww1bongo/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TmCPZSn95v"><a href="https://smaaa.org.uk/ww1/parish-fallen/gowar-l/">Gowar, LJ</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://smaaa.org.uk/ww1/parish-fallen/gowar-l/embed/#?secret=TmCPZSn95v" width="600" height="338" title="“Gowar, LJ” — St Michael & All Angels Church World War 1 Project" data-secret="TmCPZSn95v" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://smaaa.org.uk/ww1/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://smaaa.org.uk/ww1/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/gowar_artifact-maurice-farman-s11-shorthorn.jpeg590336Lancelot John Gowar was born at 18 Newry Road, St Margarets on Thames on 28 June 1898, and was the only son of Herbert Meaden Gowar, an accountant, and his wife Emily Pauline, formerly Taylor, nee Robertson, who married at St Andrew’s Church, Fulham on 30 August 1897. Lancelot John was baptised at St Andrew’s […]