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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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ROLL CALL OF THE SKIPTON DIVISION LIBERAL & CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONS, August 4th 1914 - August 4th 1916
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Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt
CWGC Headstone - [Personal inscription: ‘TILL THE DAY DAWNS’]
Courtesy of David Shackleton
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13 September 1918
Another Dent Hero
Mr. G. Fawcett, of Lea Gate, Dent, has received word that his youngest son, Private G. E. Fawcett, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, has been killed in action in France. He was of a most cheerful and genial disposition, and the deepest sympathy is felt for his father in his sad loss. A chum writes to Mr. Fawcett:– “Your son George was my very best pal, and when we were attacking on the Arras section he and I went over the top together. We faced very heavy machine gun fire, and I am sorry to say he was killed instantly by my side. I tried to save him but it was hopeless. I was shot through the right thigh, and am now in Sheffield hospital.”
20 September 1918
DENT – Memorial Service
A special memorial service was held in the Parish Church on Sunday evening, in memory of Dent soldiers who have recently given their lives for their country, viz., Private E. Gornall (West Riding Regiment), youngest son of Mr. R. Gornall, of Helmside, reported missing on May 2nd, 1917, and now presumed dead. He was formerly a member of the Church choir. Private John M. Raw, (West Riding Regiment), son of Mr. R. Raw, of Gawthorpe, killed in action September 20th, 1917; Private G.E. Fawcett, (West Ridings), so of Mr. G. Fawcett, of Cowgill, killed in action last month, and formerly a member of the Dent Church Choir; Private G.T. Middleton (Australian Pioneers), youngest son of Mrs. Mabel Middleton, Dent, died in hospital; Private G. Mason, (A.S.C.), son of Mr. C. Mason, of Slack, died of sunstroke in Mesopotamia; Private T. Cragg (West Ridings), killed in action April 18th, 1918.
05 September 1919
FAWCETT – In loving memory of our dear brother, Private George Fawcett, who was killed in action on September 1st, 1918.
He loved not war, but at his country’s call
He paid the supreme sacrifice – leaving all;
Home, friends, ambitions, all the hope of years
He laid upon the altar without tears.
From all at Collier Holme, Hawes.
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