A Father & Son Group, to Private/Acting Colour Sergeant Major Thomas Henry Fowles, Devonshire Regiment, CEF 2nd and 164th Infantry Battalions and Private Thomas George Fowles, 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps
Father: Thomas Henry Fowles, Private with the Devonshire Regiment, Acting Colour Sergeant Major with the CEF 2nd and 164th Infantry Battalions: Boer War and First War Group of Four: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 5 Clasps - TUGELA HEIGHTS, ORANGE FREE STATE, RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, TRANSVAAL, LAING'S NEK (3376 Pte T. H. FOWLES, DEVON: REGt); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 Clasps - SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (3376 Pte T. FOWLES. DEVON: REGt); British War Medal (663418 A.C.S. MJR. T.H. FOWLES. 2-CAN. INF.); and Victory Medal (663418 A.C.S. MJR. T.H. FOWLES. 2-CAN. INF.). Court-mounted, replacement ribbons, four push pins on the reverse, cleaned. Accompanied by copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Medical Records and Discharge Certificates; along with a Framed Panorama Group Photograph of the 164th Infantry Battalion at Oakville, Ontario (black and white, faded to a sepia-toned look, matte finish, illustrating Fowles in the front centre of the first of three rows of soldiers, with an "X" marked on his right hand, inscribed in white type "OAKVILLE DETACHMENT 164th BATT. C.E.F. OAKVILLE. 1916" along the bottom edge and studio marked "BLAKEMORES 71 KING W. TORONTO" at the lower right, the photo under glass in a black painted wooden frame, 215 mm x 630 mm, reverse inscribed "FRONT ROW / "X" ON RIGHT HAND" on the cardboard backer, with two bronze bolts for wall hanging, ten creases spread across the photo from having been rolled at one time); and Pocket-Sized New Testament (cloth-bound hardcover, published by the Oxford University Press, inscribed "NEW TESTAMENT" on the front cover, with Lord Robert's Message to the Troops on the inside front cover, personal inscription in black ink on the facing leaf, containing 612 pages printed in white ink on a thin white paper stock, 65 mm x 98 mm). Son: Private Thomas George Fowles, 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps: Second War Group of Six: 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and War Medal 1939-1945. Un-named as issued. Court-mounted, replacement ribbons, four push pins on the reverse, cleaned. Accompanied by his Birth and Marriage Records; along with a Framed Panorama Group Photograph of No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Canadian Army Special Forces (black and white, gloss finish, illustrating Fowlesthird from the left, seated in the front row of five rows of soldiers, donkey mascot at the far right, inscribed in black "AUGUST, 1940 / No. 2 FIELD AMBULANCE R.C.A.M.C. C.A.S.F. / TORONTO, ONTARIO" along the bottom edge, the photo under glass in a black painted wooden frame, 170 mm x 625 mm, reverse inscribed "3RD FROM LEFT SIDE / FRONT ROW SITTING" on the cardboard backer, with a wire tied to loops on either side for wall hanging); three Photographs (all are black and white; one of Fowler in uniform and wearing his Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps cap, along with a ribbon bar of 1939-1945 Star and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with silver Maple Leaf clasp on his left breast, matte finish, 79 mm x 108 mm; one of Fowler in uniform standing in front of a brick wall, wearing a helmet and haversack, holding a rifle in his right hand, gloss finish, 102 mm x 152 mm); and one of Fowler in the field seated in front of a tent, holding a cup in his right hand and a cigarette in his left hand, a standing soldier in the left background giving a haircut to a seated soldier, landscaped with thin trees, matte finish, 130 mm x 181 mm); a Pocket-Sized New Testament (softcover, published by the Oxford University Press in 1940, inscribed "NEW TESTAMENT" with the cypher of King George VI on the front cover, presented to "Pte. T. G. Fowler Nov 1/40" with the handwritten inscription "With very best wishes E Brillinger Chaplain" on the inside front cover, containing 384 pages printed in white ink on a thin white paper stock, 78 mm x 120 mm); a Royal Canadian Army Medical Service Armband (white canvas with a red felt Red Cross sewn in place on the front, stamped in black ink "CANADIAN ARMY" to the right of the Red Cross, stamped in black ink "ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE" with three rows of two snap closures each on the back, 85 mm x 192 mm); a First Field Dressing Bandage (khaki cloth exterior, inscribed "FIRST FIELD BANDAGE" with instructions, manufactured by "T. J. SMITH & NEPHEW, LTD. - HULL" and dated "July/December 1942", broken cellophane wrapping, 80 mm x 110 mm x 25 mm); a Sterilizing Outfit (housed in a magnetic tin, marked "STERLIZING OUTFIT FOR USE WITH WATER BOTTLES / KEEP DRY" on the lid, housing two corked glass bottles, one is green glass and labelled "50 STERLIZING TABLETS", the other is brown glass and labelled "50 THIO TABLETS", both bottles still containing their original tablets and appear unused, 60 mm x 60 mm x 23.3 mm); a Laurel Vest Pocket Safety Razor (housed in a magnetic tin, marked "THE LAUREL VEST POCKET SAFETY RAZOR" within an open-ended wreath of the lid, with the razor enclosed, the razor's head separate from its handle for storage, two unopened packaged blades pinned in place on the inside lid, 41 mm x 50.5 mm x 14.3 mm); a Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Sweetheart Ring (two-piece construction, sterling silver with red, blue and purple enamels, hallmarked and marked "STERLING" on the inside, 10 mm x 12.8 mm, 18 mm in diameter); a Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Badge (sterling silver with red, blue and purple enamels, hallmarked and marked "STERLING" on the reverse, 13.5 mm x 17 mm, vertical pinback); a Red Cross Lapel Badge (bronze with red and white enamels, maker marked "CASTELLI GEROSA S.A. MILANO VIA ALBANI " and marked "No. 20" on the button hole attachment, 11.3 mm x 13.5 mm); a S.S. Duchess of Atholl Badge (bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 20.7 mm, missing its attachment); and a Souvenir Letter Opener (green plastic, embossed in orange "ITALY" on the blade and "ELBE" on the handle, 11.3 mm x 90.5 mm). Better than very fine.
Footnote: Father: Thomas Henry Fowles was born on April 8, 1873 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He received his formal education in Birmingham and in 1891, at the age of eighteen, he joined the 2nd Devonshire Regiment as a Private (3376). He had the second toe on each foot amputated in 1897 and had two artificial plates replacing his teeth. He would serve with the Devonshire Regiment for twelve years, which included service in South Africa during the Boer War. For his South African service, he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps (Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal and Laing's Nek) and the King's South Africa Medal with two clasps (South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902). He immigrated to Canada in 1906, to become a farmer near Oakville, Ontario. Thomas Henry Fowles was a resident of Oakville when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Sergeant (663418) with the 164th Infantry Battalion "Halton and Dufferin Battalion", on January 1, 1916, in Oakville, at the age of 42, naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Emma Fowles of Oakville, stating that he had twelve years' previous service with the Devonshire Regiment, that he was Married and that his trade was that of Farmer. His religion was Church of England and he had a tattoo on his right forearm. His father was deceased by then, but his mother, Caroline Fowles was alive. As of February 1917, he and his wife had two children: a son, Thomas George Fowles, who would later serve with the 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Second World War, and a daughter, Gladys Fowles, ages 12 and 6 months at the time. After his initial attendance at Oakville Camp, he was posted to Exhibition Camp in Toronto and was admitted to hospital there on March 21, 1916, diagnosed with "Fract. Corpaes" (undetermined) and was discharged the next day. The Battalion was raised in the Counties of Halton and Dufferin, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Orangeville under the authority of G.O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 11, 1917 aboard the S.S. Carpathia, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel P. Domville with a strength of 26 officers and 710 other ranks, arriving in England on the 22nd. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 8th Reserve Battalion. Fowles was appointed Acting Colour Sergeant Major on April 10, 1917 and was transferred to the 2nd Canadian Reserve Battalion at Otterpool, on April 23rd. Five weeks later, he returned to the 164th Infantry Battalion at East Sandling on May 27th. By the Summer, he had reverted to the rank of Acting Sergeant at his own request on August 15, 1917, followed seven months later by his attachment to the 125th Infantry Battalion, on March 9, 1918. Fowles reverted to the rank of Private at his own request upon being transferred to the 2nd Infantry Battalion for overseas service in the French theatre, on April 4, 1918, arriving in France on April 5th. He attended a Wiring Course at the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on July 27, 1918. Ten weeks before the ceasing of hostilities, while attacking the Drocourt-Quéant Line, Fowles was wounded in the field, receiving a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his left ankle, on September 4, 1918. He was immediately treated at No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance, then transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station the same day. He was subsequently transferred and admitted to No. 20 General Hospital at Camiers on September 4th. After one week, he was evacuated to England and admitted to Royal Herbert Hospital at Woolwich on September 11th. After one week at Royal Herbert Hospital, he was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Bear Wood, Wokingham, Berkshire, on September 18th. While convalescing at Bear Wood, he began having "sharp shooting pains through (the) ankles and knees. A week later, his legs began to swell considerably from (the) knee to (the) ankle". At this point, he "returned to bed for 5 weeks." Another physician later noting that he "was hit by shrapnel in (the) left foot behind the ankle and in front of (the) Tendo Achilles (Achilles tendon). He had "healed by Sept. 18 but had stiffness in (his) left knee". It was also noted that his ankle had begun to improve by September 23rd. His recuperation at Bear Wood would last six weeks, before he was discharged on November 1st. Fowles was posted to the 6th Reserve Battalion at the Central Ontario Regimental Depot, on November 14, 1918. He proceeded to No. 1 Canadian Convalescent Depot at Witley, where he was diagnosed with "Myalgia" (muscle pain, a symptom of many diseases and disorders), on December 12, 1918. In a medical assessment conducted on January 1, 1919, the physician reviewed his condition at Bear Wood, and noted Fowles current condition: "about one week ago, (his) legs (had) swollen again from (the) ankle to (the) knee, lasted 6 days and and pitted on pressure". His disability was declared to be three percent and that he would require six months recovery time. Fowles was posted to the Canadian Concentration Camp at Kinmel Park, Rhyl for return to Canada, on January 5, 1919. Two weeks after arriving at Kinmel Park, he was admitted to No. 9 Canadian General Hospital at Kinmel Park, on January 20, 1919, initially diagnosed as "N.Y.D." (Not Yet Determined), which was later changed to a case of "Acute Laryngitis", encountering "difficulty swallowing, breathing, with a slight cough". Fowles was struck off strength of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada, to the CEF in Canada, on February 10, 1919, returning to Canada aboard the RMS Royal George. Upon arrival in Canada, he was taken on strength at No. 2 District Depot in Toronto, Ontario, then posted to the Casualty Clearing Company at Exhibition Camp in Toronto on February 20th. Acting Colour Sergeant Major Thomas Henry Fowles was discharged upon demobilization, at No. 2 District Depot in Toronto, Ontario, on March 13, 1919, credited with having served in Canada, England and France, entitled to wear the War Service Badge, Class "A", number 88989. For his First World War service, he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He returned to his Oakville district farm and was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church. His health began to fail him seven years before he died, allowing him to move to Toronto and live for a time with his sister, Mrs. W. R. Millen of 624 Welland Avenue. After a long illness, he died at the home of his son, Thomas George Fowles, at 53 Corbett Avenue in Toronto, on October 26, 1942, at the age of 69. His wife, Emma, had predeceased him fifteen years earlier. Upon his death, he was survived by two children, a son, Thomas George Fowles, who at the time was serving overseas with the 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps and a daughter, Gladys Russell, the wife of Pilot Officer W.A. "Bud" Russell, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was stationed at Trenton, Ontario. Son: Thomas George Fowles was born on October 12, 1903 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, the son of Thomas Henry Fowles and Emma Fowles. He was baptized on November 1, 1903 at Hockley, All Saints, Warwickshire and immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1906, settling near Oakville, Ontario. Thomas George Fowles was a resident of Lowville, Ontario when he married Elsie Fowles (nee Brewer) of Birmingham, England, on October 15, 1927 at St. Paul's Angican Church, Runnymede, County of York, Ontario, both aged 24 at the time. In the Second World War, he joined the 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Private, in Toronto, Ontario in 1939, at the age of 36. He served overseas in the European theatre, in Italy, France and Germany and while there, his Boer War and First War veteran father, Thomas Henry Fowles, died on October 26, 1942. Upon his return to Canada, he was discharged from service, the date not verified. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. He later worked in a non-military capacity for twelve years at Canadian Forces Base Toronto. Thomas George Fowles died on May 19, 1974, at the age of 70 and is buried in Saint Philips Churchyard Cemetery in Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario.
A Father & Son Group, to Private/Acting Colour Sergeant Major Thomas Henry Fowles, Devonshire Regiment, CEF 2nd and 164th Infantry Battalions and Private Thomas George Fowles, 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps
Father: Thomas Henry Fowles, Private with the Devonshire Regiment, Acting Colour Sergeant Major with the CEF 2nd and 164th Infantry Battalions: Boer War and First War Group of Four: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 5 Clasps - TUGELA HEIGHTS, ORANGE FREE STATE, RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, TRANSVAAL, LAING'S NEK (3376 Pte T. H. FOWLES, DEVON: REGt); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 Clasps - SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (3376 Pte T. FOWLES. DEVON: REGt); British War Medal (663418 A.C.S. MJR. T.H. FOWLES. 2-CAN. INF.); and Victory Medal (663418 A.C.S. MJR. T.H. FOWLES. 2-CAN. INF.). Court-mounted, replacement ribbons, four push pins on the reverse, cleaned. Accompanied by copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Medical Records and Discharge Certificates; along with a Framed Panorama Group Photograph of the 164th Infantry Battalion at Oakville, Ontario (black and white, faded to a sepia-toned look, matte finish, illustrating Fowles in the front centre of the first of three rows of soldiers, with an "X" marked on his right hand, inscribed in white type "OAKVILLE DETACHMENT 164th BATT. C.E.F. OAKVILLE. 1916" along the bottom edge and studio marked "BLAKEMORES 71 KING W. TORONTO" at the lower right, the photo under glass in a black painted wooden frame, 215 mm x 630 mm, reverse inscribed "FRONT ROW / "X" ON RIGHT HAND" on the cardboard backer, with two bronze bolts for wall hanging, ten creases spread across the photo from having been rolled at one time); and Pocket-Sized New Testament (cloth-bound hardcover, published by the Oxford University Press, inscribed "NEW TESTAMENT" on the front cover, with Lord Robert's Message to the Troops on the inside front cover, personal inscription in black ink on the facing leaf, containing 612 pages printed in white ink on a thin white paper stock, 65 mm x 98 mm). Son: Private Thomas George Fowles, 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps: Second War Group of Six: 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and War Medal 1939-1945. Un-named as issued. Court-mounted, replacement ribbons, four push pins on the reverse, cleaned. Accompanied by his Birth and Marriage Records; along with a Framed Panorama Group Photograph of No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Canadian Army Special Forces (black and white, gloss finish, illustrating Fowlesthird from the left, seated in the front row of five rows of soldiers, donkey mascot at the far right, inscribed in black "AUGUST, 1940 / No. 2 FIELD AMBULANCE R.C.A.M.C. C.A.S.F. / TORONTO, ONTARIO" along the bottom edge, the photo under glass in a black painted wooden frame, 170 mm x 625 mm, reverse inscribed "3RD FROM LEFT SIDE / FRONT ROW SITTING" on the cardboard backer, with a wire tied to loops on either side for wall hanging); three Photographs (all are black and white; one of Fowler in uniform and wearing his Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps cap, along with a ribbon bar of 1939-1945 Star and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with silver Maple Leaf clasp on his left breast, matte finish, 79 mm x 108 mm; one of Fowler in uniform standing in front of a brick wall, wearing a helmet and haversack, holding a rifle in his right hand, gloss finish, 102 mm x 152 mm); and one of Fowler in the field seated in front of a tent, holding a cup in his right hand and a cigarette in his left hand, a standing soldier in the left background giving a haircut to a seated soldier, landscaped with thin trees, matte finish, 130 mm x 181 mm); a Pocket-Sized New Testament (softcover, published by the Oxford University Press in 1940, inscribed "NEW TESTAMENT" with the cypher of King George VI on the front cover, presented to "Pte. T. G. Fowler Nov 1/40" with the handwritten inscription "With very best wishes E Brillinger Chaplain" on the inside front cover, containing 384 pages printed in white ink on a thin white paper stock, 78 mm x 120 mm); a Royal Canadian Army Medical Service Armband (white canvas with a red felt Red Cross sewn in place on the front, stamped in black ink "CANADIAN ARMY" to the right of the Red Cross, stamped in black ink "ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE" with three rows of two snap closures each on the back, 85 mm x 192 mm); a First Field Dressing Bandage (khaki cloth exterior, inscribed "FIRST FIELD BANDAGE" with instructions, manufactured by "T. J. SMITH & NEPHEW, LTD. - HULL" and dated "July/December 1942", broken cellophane wrapping, 80 mm x 110 mm x 25 mm); a Sterilizing Outfit (housed in a magnetic tin, marked "STERLIZING OUTFIT FOR USE WITH WATER BOTTLES / KEEP DRY" on the lid, housing two corked glass bottles, one is green glass and labelled "50 STERLIZING TABLETS", the other is brown glass and labelled "50 THIO TABLETS", both bottles still containing their original tablets and appear unused, 60 mm x 60 mm x 23.3 mm); a Laurel Vest Pocket Safety Razor (housed in a magnetic tin, marked "THE LAUREL VEST POCKET SAFETY RAZOR" within an open-ended wreath of the lid, with the razor enclosed, the razor's head separate from its handle for storage, two unopened packaged blades pinned in place on the inside lid, 41 mm x 50.5 mm x 14.3 mm); a Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Sweetheart Ring (two-piece construction, sterling silver with red, blue and purple enamels, hallmarked and marked "STERLING" on the inside, 10 mm x 12.8 mm, 18 mm in diameter); a Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Badge (sterling silver with red, blue and purple enamels, hallmarked and marked "STERLING" on the reverse, 13.5 mm x 17 mm, vertical pinback); a Red Cross Lapel Badge (bronze with red and white enamels, maker marked "CASTELLI GEROSA S.A. MILANO VIA ALBANI " and marked "No. 20" on the button hole attachment, 11.3 mm x 13.5 mm); a S.S. Duchess of Atholl Badge (bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 20.7 mm, missing its attachment); and a Souvenir Letter Opener (green plastic, embossed in orange "ITALY" on the blade and "ELBE" on the handle, 11.3 mm x 90.5 mm). Better than very fine.
Footnote: Father: Thomas Henry Fowles was born on April 8, 1873 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He received his formal education in Birmingham and in 1891, at the age of eighteen, he joined the 2nd Devonshire Regiment as a Private (3376). He had the second toe on each foot amputated in 1897 and had two artificial plates replacing his teeth. He would serve with the Devonshire Regiment for twelve years, which included service in South Africa during the Boer War. For his South African service, he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps (Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal and Laing's Nek) and the King's South Africa Medal with two clasps (South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902). He immigrated to Canada in 1906, to become a farmer near Oakville, Ontario. Thomas Henry Fowles was a resident of Oakville when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Sergeant (663418) with the 164th Infantry Battalion "Halton and Dufferin Battalion", on January 1, 1916, in Oakville, at the age of 42, naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Emma Fowles of Oakville, stating that he had twelve years' previous service with the Devonshire Regiment, that he was Married and that his trade was that of Farmer. His religion was Church of England and he had a tattoo on his right forearm. His father was deceased by then, but his mother, Caroline Fowles was alive. As of February 1917, he and his wife had two children: a son, Thomas George Fowles, who would later serve with the 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Second World War, and a daughter, Gladys Fowles, ages 12 and 6 months at the time. After his initial attendance at Oakville Camp, he was posted to Exhibition Camp in Toronto and was admitted to hospital there on March 21, 1916, diagnosed with "Fract. Corpaes" (undetermined) and was discharged the next day. The Battalion was raised in the Counties of Halton and Dufferin, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Orangeville under the authority of G.O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 11, 1917 aboard the S.S. Carpathia, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel P. Domville with a strength of 26 officers and 710 other ranks, arriving in England on the 22nd. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 8th Reserve Battalion. Fowles was appointed Acting Colour Sergeant Major on April 10, 1917 and was transferred to the 2nd Canadian Reserve Battalion at Otterpool, on April 23rd. Five weeks later, he returned to the 164th Infantry Battalion at East Sandling on May 27th. By the Summer, he had reverted to the rank of Acting Sergeant at his own request on August 15, 1917, followed seven months later by his attachment to the 125th Infantry Battalion, on March 9, 1918. Fowles reverted to the rank of Private at his own request upon being transferred to the 2nd Infantry Battalion for overseas service in the French theatre, on April 4, 1918, arriving in France on April 5th. He attended a Wiring Course at the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on July 27, 1918. Ten weeks before the ceasing of hostilities, while attacking the Drocourt-Quéant Line, Fowles was wounded in the field, receiving a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his left ankle, on September 4, 1918. He was immediately treated at No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance, then transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station the same day. He was subsequently transferred and admitted to No. 20 General Hospital at Camiers on September 4th. After one week, he was evacuated to England and admitted to Royal Herbert Hospital at Woolwich on September 11th. After one week at Royal Herbert Hospital, he was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Bear Wood, Wokingham, Berkshire, on September 18th. While convalescing at Bear Wood, he began having "sharp shooting pains through (the) ankles and knees. A week later, his legs began to swell considerably from (the) knee to (the) ankle". At this point, he "returned to bed for 5 weeks." Another physician later noting that he "was hit by shrapnel in (the) left foot behind the ankle and in front of (the) Tendo Achilles (Achilles tendon). He had "healed by Sept. 18 but had stiffness in (his) left knee". It was also noted that his ankle had begun to improve by September 23rd. His recuperation at Bear Wood would last six weeks, before he was discharged on November 1st. Fowles was posted to the 6th Reserve Battalion at the Central Ontario Regimental Depot, on November 14, 1918. He proceeded to No. 1 Canadian Convalescent Depot at Witley, where he was diagnosed with "Myalgia" (muscle pain, a symptom of many diseases and disorders), on December 12, 1918. In a medical assessment conducted on January 1, 1919, the physician reviewed his condition at Bear Wood, and noted Fowles current condition: "about one week ago, (his) legs (had) swollen again from (the) ankle to (the) knee, lasted 6 days and and pitted on pressure". His disability was declared to be three percent and that he would require six months recovery time. Fowles was posted to the Canadian Concentration Camp at Kinmel Park, Rhyl for return to Canada, on January 5, 1919. Two weeks after arriving at Kinmel Park, he was admitted to No. 9 Canadian General Hospital at Kinmel Park, on January 20, 1919, initially diagnosed as "N.Y.D." (Not Yet Determined), which was later changed to a case of "Acute Laryngitis", encountering "difficulty swallowing, breathing, with a slight cough". Fowles was struck off strength of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada, to the CEF in Canada, on February 10, 1919, returning to Canada aboard the RMS Royal George. Upon arrival in Canada, he was taken on strength at No. 2 District Depot in Toronto, Ontario, then posted to the Casualty Clearing Company at Exhibition Camp in Toronto on February 20th. Acting Colour Sergeant Major Thomas Henry Fowles was discharged upon demobilization, at No. 2 District Depot in Toronto, Ontario, on March 13, 1919, credited with having served in Canada, England and France, entitled to wear the War Service Badge, Class "A", number 88989. For his First World War service, he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He returned to his Oakville district farm and was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church. His health began to fail him seven years before he died, allowing him to move to Toronto and live for a time with his sister, Mrs. W. R. Millen of 624 Welland Avenue. After a long illness, he died at the home of his son, Thomas George Fowles, at 53 Corbett Avenue in Toronto, on October 26, 1942, at the age of 69. His wife, Emma, had predeceased him fifteen years earlier. Upon his death, he was survived by two children, a son, Thomas George Fowles, who at the time was serving overseas with the 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps and a daughter, Gladys Russell, the wife of Pilot Officer W.A. "Bud" Russell, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was stationed at Trenton, Ontario. Son: Thomas George Fowles was born on October 12, 1903 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, the son of Thomas Henry Fowles and Emma Fowles. He was baptized on November 1, 1903 at Hockley, All Saints, Warwickshire and immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1906, settling near Oakville, Ontario. Thomas George Fowles was a resident of Lowville, Ontario when he married Elsie Fowles (nee Brewer) of Birmingham, England, on October 15, 1927 at St. Paul's Angican Church, Runnymede, County of York, Ontario, both aged 24 at the time. In the Second World War, he joined the 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Private, in Toronto, Ontario in 1939, at the age of 36. He served overseas in the European theatre, in Italy, France and Germany and while there, his Boer War and First War veteran father, Thomas Henry Fowles, died on October 26, 1942. Upon his return to Canada, he was discharged from service, the date not verified. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. He later worked in a non-military capacity for twelve years at Canadian Forces Base Toronto. Thomas George Fowles died on May 19, 1974, at the age of 70 and is buried in Saint Philips Churchyard Cemetery in Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario.