Main CPGW Record
Surname: FAWCETT
Forename(s): George
Place of Birth: Cowgill, Dent Head, Yorkshire
Service No: 266382
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1918-09-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. E. 44.
CWGC Cemetery: VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWGILL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Fawcett was the son of George and Annie Fawcett, née Milner. George, senior, was born at Dent and Annie at Gunnerside, Yorkshire.
1901 Kirkthwaite, Yorkshire Census: East Cowgill - George E. Fawcett, aged 9 years, born Dent, Yorkshire, son of George and Annie Fawcett.
1911 Cowgill, Dent, Yorkshire Census: George Fawcett, aged 19 years, born Dent, son of George and Annie Fawcett.
George is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 2/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): 'B' Coy - Pte. G. Fawcett. [George was probably transferred to the 2nd Battalion when the 2/6th Bn was disbanded on the 31 January 1918.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George Fawcett, 266382, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte George Fawcett, 266382, 2/6 W. Rid. R.; 2 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 1.9.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte George Fawcett, 266382, 2nd Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 1.9.18 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - George. £25 3s. 0d.
George is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
A short biography of George is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private George FAWCETT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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