Raymond Henry Fellows (1887 - 1918)

Born 28 Jan 1887 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

Died 16 Jul 1918 at age 31 in Lucy-le-Bocage, Aisne, Picardie, France

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Biography

Raymond was born in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1887, the son of Charles and Cora (Ring) Fellows. ^[1] He spent his early years in Concord^[2] before removing to Massachusetts with his family, where he graduated from Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts.

He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with the class of 1909 as a civil engineer.

At the time of the war draft registration, in June, 1917, he was living in Ware, Massachusetts, and working as a laborer.^[3] He was described as being tall, with light blue eyes and dark brown hair.

He enlisted in the military during World War 1, on July 23, 1917. He was assigned to Co. F of the 101st Engineers, 26th Division, and deployed overseas in September of that year.^[4]

He was wounded in action at Lucy le Bocage, France, and died of those wounds on July 16, 1918. ^[5] He is buried at the Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLLT-PLZ : 10 March 2018), Raymond Henry Fellows, 28 Jan 1887
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YD-8PT : accessed 2 April 2019), Reynold H Feller in household of Charles Feller, Concord city Ward 5, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States;
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN8-PVC : 13 March 2018), Raymond Henry Fellows, 1917-1918
4. ↑ Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War", by Eben Putnam, 1928, Vol. 2, p. 199
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSJ3-Z9Z : 10 March 2018), Raymond H. Fellows, 16 Jul 1918;
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #71990273 Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJL-MFHF : 5 December 2018), Raymond Henry Fellows,