St Luke's Church Stoke Bardolph - Memorial Windows to George Herbert Fowler and 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters killed at the Hohenzollern Redoubt 14/10/1915
The windows were ‘dedicated in 1927 by George Fowler's mother who was an active member of many Southwell Diocesan activities.’
Church pamphlet.
Research by Peter Gillings
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Memorial Windows at St Luke's Church Stoke Bardolph. Photo Peter Gillings
Detail from Memorial Window commemorating Lieutenant Colonel George Herbert Fowler. Photo Peter Gillings
On October 14th 1915 Lieutenant Colonel George Fowler led 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters forward thought thick mist. Their objective was West Face, part of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, a well fortified German stronghold amidst slag heaps and ruined mine workings near Loos. Despite determined and gallant efforts by the Foresters, the battalion's official historian described the attack as 'the more or less fruitless battle of Hohenzollern Redoubt. Though we held a portion of the Redoubt as a result of the fighting, it was of no tactical value, and indeed later on was evacuated or blown up... we can only look back on the whole attack as, through no fault of our own, a dismal failure. The battle caused us enormous casualties, all to no purpose. Our Battalion alone lost seven officers (including Lieutenant Colonel Fowler) and 35 other ranks killed or died of wounds, three Officers and 132 other ranks wounded, and 14 missing, all of whom were afterwards found to have been killed.’ Captain W C C Weetman MC, Croix de Guerre [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914-1919, (Nottingham: Thomas Forman, 1920 Chapter 4)] David Nunn
St Luke's Church Stoke Bardolph. Photo Peter Gillings