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Surname: FAWCETT
Forename(s): George Henry
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 17297
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 3rd Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1915-09-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Enclosure No.4 VIII. E. 15.
CWGC Cemetery: BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Henry Fawcett was the son of John Albert and Ann Elizabeth Fawcett, née Keighley. John was born at Dewsbury and Ann at Pontefract, Yorkshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 4, Albert Terrace - George Henry Fawcett, aged 1 year, born Skipton, son of John Albert and Ann Elizabeth Fawcett.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 4, Albert Terrace - George Fawcett, aged 11 years, born Skipton, son of John Albert and Ann E. Fawcett.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 4, Albert Terrace - George Henry Fawcett, aged 21 years, born Skipton, son of Mrs. Fawcett, widow.
George was married to Isabella (Isabel) Clark in 1914.
The British Army Service Record for George Fawcett exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George Fawcett, 17297, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 27 April 1915. Correspondence: Mrs. Isabel Evans, (Remarried) 16, Helmington Row, Nr Crook, Co. Durham.
George is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
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:
FAWCETT, George Henry, aged 26, Royal Scots Fusiliers, son of Mrs. Fawcett of Sutton Mill, killed in action, France, Sept. 11, 1916.
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Private George Henry FAWCETT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 3rd Division
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