Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. H. Fowler, East Kent Regiment, who died on active service in February 1915

1914-15 Star (L-9612 Pte. G. H. Fowler, E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9612 Pte. G. H. Fowler, E. Kent R.), good very fine (3) £140-160

George Henry Fowler, who was born in Burton-on-Trent and enlisted at Ashford, Kent, where he lived, was embarked for France in mid-January 1915. He died on active service about a month later, on 16 February 1915, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment. The son of George and Elizabeth Fowler of “West View”, Dering Road, Ashford, he was 21 years of age and is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.