Whilst browsing through the archives on the Ancestry website, I came across some records relating to my great grandfather Arthur Fowler and the part he played in the Great War.
Arthur was born in 1884 in Bangor, Newtonards, County Down, Ireland. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1915, serving in France and Belgium, where he was killed in action 11 Apr 1918 at Estaires. This was part of the Battle of Lys Offensive in Flanders
You can view his memorial entry here on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
Here is Arthurs signed enlistment form from 1915, the form confirming his award of the Victory Medal and his entry in the Ireland Memorial Record :
Arthur left behind a wife Julia and 6 children Cissy, Frank, Katherine, Ruby, Agnes and Julia my grandmother.
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