Basic Details
Surname
Hellowell
Forenames
Brierley
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Helliwell
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details including alternate spelling of his surname. A postman, he was married, to Hannah, and was an ex-Regular who had been wounded in the Second Boer War - a fact his wife only discovered when she was treating him for a dog bite! Called up in August 1914, he is also commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. The press gave his age as 32 and 33.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Scottish Rifles
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Private
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Neuve Chapelle
Year of death
1915
Month of death
March
Day of death
10
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action