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L/Cpl. Charles Howey
British Army 22nd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:South Shields
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Charles Howey served with the 22nd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers, he was aged 30 when he died on 1st July 1916 at the Battle of The Somme. He was born in Jarrow in 1886, son of George Watson Howey and Alice Howey (nee Hood) of 11 Isabella Street South Shields. Charles Howey age 24 Sinker of Mine is recorded as living with his parents George Watson Howey and Alice Howey and family at 11 Isabella Street, South Shields on the 1911 census.
He had enlisted in Jarrow.