Josiah James Rowswell was born January 8, 1887 in Minster-in-Sheppey. He was a Shipwright (Hired, Civilian), Killed in an explosion at H.M.Dockyard (Sheerness) whilst mines were being loaded onto H.M.A.S "Princess Irene". He left a widow, Bessie Isabel (nee Sharpe) who he had married on Sept .6, 1913 at the Abbey Church, Minster, Sheppey and an infant girl Eileen Elizabeth Rowswell, my grandmother.

Simon Ennever