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Pte. George Howarth

British Army 2nd Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment

from:Chequerbent, Westhoughton, Lancashire,

(d.24th Apr 1916)

My Great Uncle George Howarth was a coal miner working in the Hulton Colliery, Chequerbent, Westhoughton, Lancashire. He was born in 1892.

The local history society here in Westhoughton have embarked upon staging an exhibition based on the names on the Westhoughton Cenotaph. George Howarth is the only one from the Dorsetshire Regiment on this memorial. He lost his life on the 24th April 1916 at the Siege of Kut-al-Amara, Mesopotamia, he was 24 years of age. No known grave, but his name is on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.



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