Born into a Maryland Loyalist family, William Bowles enlisted in the Maryland Loyalist Battalion at age 14 and became an ensign in the Royal Navy at 15, sailing to Jamaica, then Pensacola, where he was stripped of his rank for insubordination.
William Bowles was born into a Maryland Loyalist family. William Bowles enlisted in the Maryland Loyalist Battalion at age 14. William Bowles became an ensign in the Royal Navy at 15. William Bowles was sailing to Jamaica for insubordination. This was then Pensacola, where he was stripped of his rank.