BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WALTER FOWLER (1862-1942) & HELEN FOWLER, AT 487, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION AND 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). BROTHER TO KITTY AND WINIFRED.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED AS PRIVATE, D/23481, HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 1ST BERKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/10/1918, AGED 19. BURIED AT THE AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY, IN FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WAY NOT MINE O LORD HOWEVER HARD IT BE”
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE KINGS HALL CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, SYMONS STREET, HULL.
HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
GUY
Military Number:
43800
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
26/10/1918
Place died:
Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
19
