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Private George Rumbelow
Killed in Action presumed 9/4/1915
George Rumbelow's father died early in George's life. Georges mother remarryed to David Flatters in the 1880s and is thought to have died in 1903 in the Ely Reg. District.
His mother-in-law, Mrs Howlett, had quite an extensive family.
George Rumbelow was raised as part of the Howlett family who had 8 sons/sons-in-law involved in WW1. When the war started, George was called up as a Reserve man as he had previously served eight years in the Army.
On the 1911 census George was listed as serving with 1st Suffolk Regiment, and would later travel to France in August 1914.
On August 26th, 1914, he was reported missing, and afterwards officially reported as Killed in Action.
Private 6672, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 26 August 1914. (SDGW 9 April 1915).
No known grave. Commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
He is commemorated in Gorefield Church where there is a photo.
Presumably there was no family left in Littleport to add him to the war memorial.
George Rumbelow was raised as part of the Howlett family who had 8 sons/sons-in-law involved in WW1 and featured in the article above.
Five sons and thre son-in-laws of Mrs Howlett. Sapper J. Howlett, Royal Engineers, Pte. J.T. Howlett, Suffolk regiment, Pte. Joe. Howlett, Suffolk regiment, Lance-Corpl. Chris Howlett, Suffolk regiment, Corpl. L.W. Howlett, Suffolk regiment, Pte. J. Shipps, Suffolk regiment, Pte. George Rumbelow, Suffolk regiment and Lance-Corpl. J. Richardson, Army Service Corps.
St Paul's Church, Gorefield c.1900
Back of George Rumbelow's picture which indicates he was in a German POW camp when he died.
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