Birth: 2 June 1881 Oulton, Suffolk, UK
Father: Charles Cowles 1854-1889
Mother: Alice Holmes [Alexander] 1851-1924
Christening: 26 June 1881 St. Margaret, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: July-September 1904 Plomesgate, Suffolk, UK
Wife: Agnes Mary (May) Messenger [Depear] 1883-1976
Death: 6 May 1917 Villers-Plouich, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Buried: I. B. 24. Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Barbara Violet Irene Cowles 1904-1983
Birth of George Charles Cowles in FreeBMD in April-June 1881 in Mutford (4a 851).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for George Charles Cowles baptised 26 June 1881 in St. Margaret's, Lowestoft, Suffolk, parents Charles and Alice Cowles.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 for George Charles Cowles born 2 June 1881 and baptised 26 June 1881 in St. Margaret's, Lowestoft, Suffolk, parents Charles and Alice Cowles. "Page 198 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty one [...] 1881 June 26th No. 1578 George Charles Born 2 June 1881, parents Charles, an Ostler and Inn Keeper, and Alice Cowles of Oulton".
His father died in Lowestoft in 1889 and his mother married John Charles Alexander in 1891.
In the 1891 census as George Cowles aged 9, born in Oulton, Suffolk, and living with his stepfather (John Alexander) and mother (Alice Alexander) at 76 QueensRoad, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
In the 1901 census as George C Cowles aged 19, born in Oulton, single, a carter (mineral waters), and lodging with James Bolderson (aged 53, born in Benhall, Suffolk and a horseman on farm), his wife (Maria aged 50 and born in Great Glemham, Suffolk), and son (William J aged 19, born in Farnham, Suffolk, single and a horseman on farm) in four rooms on Mollets Farm, Farnham, Suffolk.
Marriage of George Charles Cowles and Agnes May Messenger in FreeBMD in July-September 1904 in Plomesgate (4a 1978).
In the 1911 census as George Charles Cowles aged 29, born in Oulton, Sufffolk, a carter for a mineral water manufacturer, and living with his wife (Agnes May) and daughter (Barbara Violet) in four rooms in Albion Street, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
Entry in Ancestry UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 for George Charles Cowles private 32002 12 Suffolk Regiment Victory and British War Medals.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-2018 for George Charles Cowles, father Charles Cowles, died 6 May 1917 in war.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 for George Charles Cowles, born in Oulton, Suffolk, a private 32002 in Suffolk Regiment, killed in action in France and Flanders.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for George Charles Cowles, a private 32002 in 12th Btn Suffolk Regiment, died 6 May 1917, 16 August 1917 Agnes M widow, sole legacy £4 2s 10.
Entry in Find A Grave Pvt George Charles Cowles died 6 May 1917 buried Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Private, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Son of Charles Cowles, of Lowestoft; husband of Aggie Cowles. Age 35.
Entry in Commonwelth War Graves for Private Cowles, George Charles 12th Bn. Suffolk Regiment died 6 May 1917, Son of Charles Cowles, of Lowestoft; husband of Aggie Cowles."Lost a while our treasured love gained for ever safe above". Grave: I. B. 24. Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France. "Fifteen Ravine" was the name given by the Army to the shallow ravine, once bordered by fifteen trees, which ran at right angles to the railway about 800 metres south of the village of Villers-Plouich, but the cemetery is in fact in "Farm Ravine," on the east side of the railway line, nearer to the village. The cemetery, sometimes called Farm Ravine Cemetery, was begun by the 17th Welsh Regiment in April 1917, a few days after the capture of the ravine by the 12th South Wales Borderers. It continued in use during the Battle of Cambrai (November 1917) and until March 1918, when the ravine formed the boundary between the Third and Fifth Armies.
Entry on St. John's Church, Saxmundham War Memorial "32002 Private George Charles Cowles Suffolk Regiment, 12th Battalion. Died 6.5.17, aged 35. Son of Charles Cowles of Lowestoft; husband of Aggie Cowles. Buried in Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France. CWGC records give second Christian name."
Three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for George Charles Cowles born 2 June 1881 in Oulton, Suffolk, parents Charles Cowles and Alice Holmes, his marriage to Agnes May Messenger in 1904 in Plomesgate, Suffolk, and his daughter.
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