BORN HULL 1888.SON OF EDWARD & LOUISA FOWLER – 18 MERSEY STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). HUSBAND TO MARGARET FOWLER, AT 31 CRADOCK ST, COCKTON HILL, BISHOP AUCKLAND. A FORMER BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED AT CATTERICK, YORKSHIRE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21993, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 17TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY (3RD GALGOW PALS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/09/1917, AGED 28. HE IS BURIED AT COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW,MARGARET. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT”
First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
41225
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/09/1917
Place died:
Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
28
