Theodore Humphrey Fowler (25 September 1879 – 17 August 1915) was an English

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er. He played for

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between 1901 and 1914. He died on active service as a

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in the

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during

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1879 births 1915 deaths Cricketers from Cirencester English cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Dorset cricketers British Army personnel of World War I Honourable Artillery Company soldiers British military personnel killed in World War I {{England-cricket-bio-1870s-stub