BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WALTER FOWLER (1862-1942) & HELEN FOWLER, AT THIS 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 BRI […]
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF TOM & ELLEN (WALKER) SHANKS, 44 LEONARD STREET. A WAREHOUSE LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/11/1918, AGED 33. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, ELLEN. THIS WAS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. HE LEFT BROTHER, WILLIAM AND SISTER MARY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, "HE DIED TH […]
