Name
George William J Fowler
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/06/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266500
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
VI. A. 13.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St John the Baptist Church Memorial, Aldbury, Aldbury Peace Memorial Institute Memorial, Aldbury, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
George was the son of George and Elizabeth Fowler, born on 16th July 1893 and baptised in Aldbury on 3rd Sept 1893.
In the 1901 Census George was 7,and living in Aldbury village and in 1911 was 17, a farm labourer and living with family 'next to The Trooper' in Aldbury.
Wartime Service
George enlisted in Hertford, firstly as a Private in the Hertfordshire Regiment, before transferring to the Bedfordshire Regiment.
He died on 17th June 1918 aged 24 and is buried in the Fins New British Cemetery in Sorel-Le-Grand in France.
Acknowledgments
Lisa Garment
Jonty Wild, Graham Juniper, Caroline Ellwood, Chris Dove, Mark Morgan
