His story
Thomas Holt Fowler enlisted as Tom Fowler, a married labourer from Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire. He named his wife Catherine at 23 Gordon Avenue, Verdun, Montreal, as next of kin. His attestation gives his birth date as 16 September 1878; other compilations differ, so his age is not settled by combining their entries.
His declaration was dated 23 October 1914, with the oath completed at Montreal on 3 November. The form records 14th Company, Canadian Army Service Corps, Remount. He later served in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps. He died on 27 October 1918 and was buried at Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Canadian service
- Date of birth
- 16 September 1878 (attestation)
- Place of birth
- Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Family
- Wife: Catherine Fowler, 23 Gordon Avenue, Verdun
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 48743
- Corps or service
- Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
- Enlistment or entry recorded
- Declaration 23 October 1914; oath 3 November 1914 at Montreal
- Earlier service
- 14th Company, Canadian Army Service Corps, Remount (attestation)
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 27 October 1918
- Cemetery or memorial
- Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
- Grave reference
- Div. 62. II. G. 5.
Connected men
- Frederick James MORGANAlso buried at Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
- John Archibald NICHOLSONAlso buried at Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
- John REIDAlso buried at Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Thomas Holt Fowler”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/thomas_holt_fowler/.
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