Name
Charles Harrowell
22 September 1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/04/1915
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14280
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 31 and 33.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Tring Town Memorial, St Peter & St Paul Church Roll of Honour, Tring
Pre War
Charles Harrowell was born on 22 September 1895 in Tring, Herts, the son of Eli and Elizabeth Harrowell and one of eight children, although one died in infancy. He was baptised on 23 February 1908 in Tring.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 17 Langdon Street, Tring, where his father was working as a bricklayer. They remained at the same address in 1911, at which time Charles was working as a porter for the London and North West Railway Company. He later worked as a clerk for the company.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford and served with the 1st Bedfordshire Regiment in France from 2 February 1915.
Charles was killed in action on 19 April 1915. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £5 9s 9d. She also received a pension of 5s a week.
Brother to James Harrowell who served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was killed in action on 22 October 1917. He is named on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Both are named on the Tring War Memorial and St Peter and St Paul's Church Roll of Honour,
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
