BORN HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM TOWLE (1852- 1930) & HANNAH WINSPEAR BEECROFT (1848-1906), OF 7, HARFIELD TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 4, ROSEMONT TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL AND 7, CECIL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A WIDOWED OIL DEALER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AT GALLIPOLI AND IN FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/08/1917, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE
NB: TOWLE FAMILY AT 61 FOLKESTONE STREET; 92 PLANE STREET; HULL
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
11384
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/08/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
4, ROSEMONT TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
