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Gordon Fowler

In memory of:

Private Gordon Fowler

September 4, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

132398

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

13th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 21, 1894

Son of Amy Hamilton Fowler, of 245, Grey Avenue, Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal, and the late Robert Wadsworth Fowler.

Commemorated on Page 87 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. I
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. G. 7.

Location:

Puisieux is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, containing the villages of Puisieux and Serre. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre-Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 700 metres further along the D919, SERRE ROAD CEMETERY NO. 1 can be found on the right hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Gordon Fowler
  • Attestation Paper– Attestation Paper
(Source Library and Archives Canada.  Soldiers of the First World War)
  • Attestation Paper– Attestation Paper
(Source Library and Archives Canada.  Soldiers of the First World War)
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Gordon Hamilton Fowler stained glass memorial window (1923) by Charles William Kelsey, St. Matthias Anglican Church, 10 Church Hill, Westmount, Quebec, H3Y 2Z9. www.montreal.anglican.ca/stmatthias
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Dedicated to Gunner Herbert James Resevear of the Canadian Garrison Artillery, World War I Two World War I memorial stained glass windows were installed at St. Matthias Anglican Church, 10 Church Hill, Westmount, Quebec, H3Y 2Z9 Tel: (514) 933-4295 E-Mail: st.matthias@qc.aira.com.  

The plaque below Baptistry poppy cross memorial stained glass window (1924) by Charles William Kelsey contains the dedication "To the Glory of God and in memory of Herbert James Rosevear, 3rd Canadian Siege Battery, Killed in Action at Vimy France, 16th day of June, 1918. Buried in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery on the Arras-Bethune Road. This window is given by his comrades-in-arms Wilred Gray, Harold John Inns, Eric Stanley Bushell. If any man would come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."

A World War I memorial window in the nave area depicting Christ enthroned in Majesty (1923) by Charles William Kelsey  is dedicated "To the Glory of God and in Loving memory of Gordon Hamilton Fowler, September 4th, 1916." The window includes the Black Watch badge in the dedication panel.
  • Grave Marker

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