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Lance Corporal D C Fowler


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Lance Corporal David Charles FOWLER, G/849, "D" Company, 6th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France,  3rd October 1915.   

Born Northfleet, Kent, son of Joseph (deceased July 20th 1920) & Annie Fowler, 30 Dorset Place, Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent & later 19 Samaritan Grove, Northfleet, Kent.  Both deceased by February 1921.


1911 Census - 19 Samaritan Grove, Northfleet, Kent - Joseph Fowler, head, age 59, married, general labourer, cement works, born Loughton, Essex; Ann Fowler, wife, age 58, married 33 years, 11 children, 9 still alive, born Nazeing, Essex; Annie M Fowler, daughter, age 23, single,  born Northfleet, Kent; David C Fowler, son, age 22, single, cement labourer, born Northfleet, Kent; Susannah M Fowler daughter, age 20, single, born Northfleet, Kent; Jonathan T Fowler, son, age 19, single, points boy, labourer cement, born Northfleet, Kent; Maryann E Fowler, daughter, age 17, single, born Northfleet, Kent.


Next of Kin (brother) William Joseph Fowler, 30 Dorset Place, Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent & Sister, Mrs Susannah Marion Barnes, 19 Samaritan Grove, Northfleet, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 26 years 199 days, height 5ft 6¼ inches, weight 140lbs, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, mole right side right nipple. Formerly stevedore.

Home, 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 3rd October 1915.

31st August 1914, enlisted; 2nd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th December 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 16th April 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 1st June 1915, embarked; 10th September 1915, promoted Lance Corporal; 29th September 1915, reverted at own request to Private.

27th June 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by Bert Barnes, husband of deceased sister - Father, Joseph Fowler, 19 Samaritan Grove, Northfleet, Kent; Mother, deceased; Brothers - William Joseph Fowler, age 38, 1 Dorset Place, Northfleet, Kent; Richard James Fowler, age 37, 86 Rounton? Road, Waltham Abbey, Essex; George Edward Fowler, age 35, 58 Gordon Road, Rosherville, Kent; Jonathan Thomas Fowler, age 27, 29 Thorney Dyke, Thorney near Peterborough; Sisters - Annie Maria? Gammon?, 14 Johns Street, Gravesend, Kent; Susannah Marian Falmer?, 19 Samaritan Grove, Northfleet, Kent; Mary Ann Emily Fowler, 19 Samaritan Grove, Northfleet, Kent.

Buried at  Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, 70, Pas de Calais, France.


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