FOWLER S

Samuel Fowler died on Wednesday 26th September 1917, Age 22, and is commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

He was born on 11th December 1894, on Forest Side, Sutton, and was the Son of Edward Fowler and Elizabeth (formerly Hunt), both natives of Sutton. Edward Fowler was a Bricklayers Labourer at the time of the 1901 census. In 1917, they were living at 4 Phoenix Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.

Fowler - In loving memory of Private Samuel Fowler, who was killed in Action, September 26th 1917, aged 22 years. Not now, but in the coming years, It may be in that better land, We shall read the meaning of our tears, And there sometime we will understand. From his sorrowing Mother, Father, Brothers and Sisters.

In loving memory of
John Jennings
the beloved son of
Edward and Elizabeth Fowler
who was accidentally killed at
Silverhill Colliery Nov 17th 1905
aged 19 years
In health and strength he left his home
Not thinking death so near,
It pleased the Lord to bid him come
And in his sight appear.
Also Edward Fowler
who departed this life
June 11th 1924 aged 70 years
Also Elizabeth Ann Fowler
who departed this life
Sept 20th 1935, aged 75 years
Also in memory of Samuel
beloved son of the above
who was killed in the War
Sept 26th 1917, aged 22 years
Rest in Peace

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’

SAMUEL FOWLER. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield 2/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 306669, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 26th Sept 1917.

Research by Heather Faulkes and Helen Wilson
Gravestone photograph taken by Heather Faulkes