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Sergeant 203184 Samuel FELLOWS - 2nd/5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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| Military History |
Theatre
France & Flanders
Medals
1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
Medal Citation (if app)
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Enlisted Date/Place
October 1914 at Warwick
Commonwealth War Graves Page
SWFHS War Memorial(s)
Other War Memorial(s)
Previous Regiments/Units
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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
On the day Samuel was killed (6 Sep 1917) the battalion were in the trenches at Bank Farm near Wieltje when they made two unsuccessful attempts to capture Hill 35 which was direrctly east of their position. The attacks were carried out at 7.30am and then agains at 9.00pm. Samuel was killed during one of these attempts. After the second attempt they returned to the starting point at Bank Farm.
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| Bank Farm and Hill 35 | Tyne Cot |
| Personal & Family History |
Birth Date & Place
Jan Qtr 1895 Bubbenhall
Baptism Date & Place
Parents
Sharratt and Margaret Fellows of Coventry
Wife & Marriage
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Children
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Occupation(s)
- 1911 Butchery worker
Schools & Colleges
Address History
- 1901 - 1 House 6 Snow Street, Coventry
- 1911 - Samuel and his sisters Esther and Lily are recorded as living with Emma Smith, a foster worker, in Bubbenhall
Other Information
The Coventry Herald carries reports from the Coventry Board of Guardians stating that they will be adding Samuel to their Great War Roll of Honour. Samuel is described as a Boarded Out boy and it seems that at some stage he was in the care of the local authority, perhaps around the same time his father remarried. This seems to be confirmed by his residence in 1911.
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