Private 15695 Bertie Showell

Private 15695 Bertie Showell, 10^th Battalion, West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment

Killed in action on 1^st July 1916, the first day of the Somme Offensive, aged 36

• Named on the Thiepval Memorial
• Son of John William and Elizabeth Showell
• Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Pte Showell
• Thiepval memorial
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment

Census and Family Information

• Born Jan qtr 1880 in Tamworth
• Lived in Maxstoke Lane, Coleshill [1911 census]
• He was a bricklayer’s labourer