Norman Henry Bowell (2 February 1904 – 5 March 1943) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army soldier.
[4] Bowell travelled with the Hampshire team onto their next fixture which followed immediately after at Trent Bridge against Nottinghamshire, making scores of 2 and 6, in addition to bowling ten wicket-less overs.
[6] Bowell made no further appearances in first-class cricket, but did play minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1927 to 1931, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, all against Monmouthshire.
[8] He was imprisoned at Changi Prison, before being shipped at the end of 1942 to Balalae Island, in the Japanese-occupied British Solomon Islands with 517 other prisoners of war, in order to construct an airfield for the Japanese.
As the allies closed in during the Solomon Islands campaign, prisoners who had survived were rounded up and executed by being shot, bayoneted, or decapitated.