WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

94908	Gunner George E Fowell	Royal Tank Corps.	1896
Medal Card	Awarded Victory and British Medals		We have no date of enlistment for George so do not know when he would have been with the Tank Corps in France. Lack of a 1915 Star suggests he joined in or after 1916, when he would have been 20.
longlongtrail.co.uk	Tanks were first used on the battlefield of the Somme on 15/9/1916. Each tank was manned by a Subaltern, three drivers and four gunners. See: www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/ww1.aspx And: http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/tank-corps-in-the-first-world-war/
Roll of Honour AVL	Wounded once on the Western Front AVL address: Brackendale farm, Mill Hill; 2nd Brigade Tank Cps. AVL also shows George Albert Elliot with address as Brackendale; he was not listed on the Roll of Honour.

	George Edward Fowell
1896	Born Burton on Trent
1901 Census	Living on Long Acre with Father: William b. 1854 Leicester Mother: Elizabeth (neé Potts), b. 1865 Yoxall Siblings: John, b. 1886 Burton on Trent Lizzie, b. 1895 Burton on Trent James, b. 1898 Leicester Albert, b. 1900 Leicester Celia, b. 1901 Bingham	Bricklayers Labourer Under Waggoner on farm
1911 Census	Living in Chapel Yard, Bingham with Father: William Mother: Elizabeth Siblings: John Elizabeth James Albert Charlotte b. 1904 Bingham	General Labourer Bricklayers Labourer Waggoner General Servant General Labourer Farm Labourer	Brother James served in WW1. Click on the name to learn more.
1921	Married Rebecca Ann Shepperson in Bingham Children: Mina C. b. Dec qtr. 1922 Bingham Sylvia, b Dec qtr. 1925 Bingham Rita, b. Dec qtr. 1930 Basford John, b. Sep qtr. 1936 Basford
Electoral Register	1919: George and James Fowell shown at Brackendale 1921-26 George listed at Grantham Road, Bingham
1939 Register	6 Hollyoake Villas, Carlton: George E Fowell, b. 25 Nov 1896, married Rebecca Fowell, b. 1 Jan 1897, married Four closed records	Branch Manager Groceries Unpaid Domestic Duties Mina, Sylvia, Rita, John
1977	George died in Nottingham Dec. qtr.
1986	Rebecca died in Basford May qtr.