G.+ROWLAND

Rowland, George, Corporal, 8780, 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Husband of Amelia Duval Rowland, of Balham, Surrey.

1911 Census: Private George Rowland was aged 21 and was stationed in India.

Service record: George Rowland enlisted at Derby on the 9th July 1907, stating his age as 18 years old. He was born in All Saints Parish, Derby, and was employed as a labourer. He was 5 feet 4.75 inches in height, and a member of the Church of England. He was the son of George and Sarah Jane Rowland, of 93, Monk Street, Derby. He arrived in France on the 15th January 1915, then he was deprived of his Lance Sergeant's stripe for misconduct on the 9th February, before being wounded on the 25th April 1915, receiving a gunshot wound to the head and foot, as a result of which he was discharged to the Army Reserve. He was then recalled to the Depot of his regiment on the 23rd July 1916 and remained on home service until being discharged for a second time as being no longer physically fit for war service, due to valvular heart disease, on the 19th October 1917 at York, aged 28 years and 4 months old. He had a fresh complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, tattoo marks on both arms, and he intended to reside at 11, Carlton Villas, Pontefract. He appears to have died in November 1918, as his pension is stopped around that time, and his wife starts claiming a widows pension.