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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Lt. James Roche Howe
British Army 3rd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Kilbrittain, Co Cork
(d.18th Oct 1918)
Pte. Joseph T. Howe
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.1st July 1916)
I found a Great War Victory Medal with this gentleman's details on the edge of the medal. Pte. Joseph T. Howe. There seems to be little known about him but I would like to find where the medals belong.
2nd. Lt. Richard Algeo Howe
British Army 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Willington
Richard Howe was the husband of Mary Grace Humphreys. The 1911 census shows him living with his wife Mary in Sunnybrow, Willington, he was employed as a Colliery Manager. His brother in law John Theodore Gordon Humphreys was staying with them. He served with the 6th Durham Light Infantry, was wounded and survived the war.
In January 1918 The Times newspaper published a story of a Patriotic family "The Rev H.J. Humphreys, vicar of Thornley, Tow Law, Durham had five sons. Henry St. Giles Humphreys had been returning from America to enlist when he was killed on the Lousitania when it was torpedoed. John Theodore Gordon Humphreys had been to Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Indian Infantry and killed in action at Narumgombe. Captain Herbert Phillip Wynne Humphreys was an officer in the Royal Flying Corp and had been awarded a Military Cross. Owen (Aled Owain) Humphreys was serving with the Canadian Royal Flying Corps. Captain Noel Forbes Humphreys first served as a despatch rider, then in the Machine Gun Corps and had become a section commander of tanks in France." They omitted to mention the fact that his son in law Richard Howe (married to his daughter Mary Grace) was serving with the Durham Light Infantry.
Drvr. T. B. Howe
British Army 173rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.27th May 1915)
Driver Howe was the husband of Mrs M L Howe, 85 Hooper Road, Custom House, London. He was 34 when he died and is commemorated in East London Cemetery at Plaistow on Screen Wall 1396.
Cpl. William Frederick Howe
British Army 17th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Walthamstow, London
(d.3rd June 1917)
Pte. William Howe
British Army 11th Battalion Border Regiment
from:21 Howard Street, Newton, Carlisle
(d.2nd Dec 1917)
Pte Edwin Thomas Howell
British Army 8th Btn Somerset Light Infantry
from:Lewisham
(d.31st July 1917)
My Nan never knew her Dad, Edwin Howell, she was born in 1916 and he died on 31st July 1917. I know little of his actual death; only the officers seem to get mentioned in the war diaries so he is not mentioned by name.
Pte. Frederick James Howell
British Army 3rd Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Newport
My grandfather, Frederick Howell, volunteered for the South Wales Borderers in March 1915 in Newport, he was just 17. He told me that when he was in the trenches the men either side of him were killed by snipers' bullets, he couldn't understand how he survived. He talked about the conditions in the trenches and how he was lucky to have been invalided out, having lost some of his toes as a result of frostbite. He walked with a drunken lilt for the rest of his life and counted himself lucky. He talked about Ypres (which he called Wipers) and sang Mademoiselle from Armentieres to me!
John Ezekiel Howell
British Army Army Service Corps
Rflmn. Robert Howell
British Army 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Canning Town
(d.1st Oct 1918)
Robert Howell was killed in action on the 1st of October 1918, aged 20. Buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery, France, he had been born in Bromley, Kent. Son of Robert & Susan Howell (nee Fuller), of 37, Star Lane, Canning Town, London. They had 14 children.
L/ Cpl. George Howells
British Army 3th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
George Howells served from 9th of November 1910 to 22nd of January 1923. He fought in Gallipoli, was gassed in France and also wounded (stabbed) in hand to hand combat.
In 1923 he joined the North Staffordshire Regt. and served until 1934. He emigrated to Canada after WW2 in which he served in the Military police and Royal Marine Police Special Reserve.
A.Cpl. Harry Howells
British Army 56th Btn. Machine Gun Corps
Harry Howells served with 56th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.
Pte. Harry Howells
British Army 7th Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry
(d.25th Apr 1916)
Pte. Idris Howells
British Army 17th Battalion "B" Coy Welsh Regiment
from:Rhondda
Last year, I was lucky enough to discover seven letters on the internet dated from 21 January 1915 - Sept 1915 written by my grandfather, Idris Howells. He was writing to his wife and child in the Rhondda while training around Llandudno and Colwyn Bay before moving on to Prees Heath and later to Aldershot, in preparation to go to The Front. These letters had never been known to me before and it was quite by chance that I 'googled' him one Sunday morning and discovered that someone was trying to link them up with their long lost family. The letters must have been amongst the house clearance from the family home in the Rhondda in 1978 after my spinster aunt died (the 'child' mentioned in the letters). My father never mentioned that his father had been in the First World War and when I was young, I never thought to ask. I wonder if he even knew. We used to have holidays in Llandudno and would walk all around the Gt Orme and see all the shows at Happy Valley in the 1960s (both landmarks are mentioned in his letters) where Idris did his 12 mile route bashing. Although the letters reveal a very interesting look at the day to day life in the billet houses of Rhos and the barracks at Prees Heath from a WW1 historian's viewpoint, the most precious aspect for me is a special insight into his character by reading what he says, and how he says it. It's just like I have met him. He died in 1945 and so I never knew him. I can only say how thrilled I was that a complete stranger, who is very kind, took the trouble to post a note on the internet and then post them to me. It just goes to show how valuable personal documents and items are, and that they must be preserved and passed on, even if you don't want them yourself.
Pte. John Oswald Howells
British Army 4th Battalion South Wales Borders
from:Brynmawr, Breconshire
My father Jack Howells died in 1953 when I was a baby and his records were destroyed in the Blitz, so my information is limited. His likely date of enlistment was March 1917 and he joined the 4th Battalion South Wales Borders and served in Mesopotamia and Iraq. I don't know when he was discharged from the army. He contracted malaria whilst in the army, which was very common in Mesopotamia, and he suffered the after-effects for the rest of his life. It may well have contributed to his relatively early death aged 58.
Pte Ralph John Howells
British Army 1/5th Bn Cheshire Regiment
from:Ruardean, Gloucestershire
(d.8th Sept 1916)
William Howells MM.
British Army 2/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Llandilo
A letter William Howells wrote to his parents in August 1916. This portion was published in the Amman Valley Weekly Chronicle and East Camarthen News on the 25th of August 1916.
The following is a portion of a letter which was sent by Private Willie Howells, attached to the Royal Warwick Regiment, from Somewhere in France to his parents, who reside at Llwynon, Clarence Road, Landilo. Referring to Private T. Lewis of Manordello, who was killed in action on July 17th he writes:†"I dare say that Tommy Lewis' people have got to know that he was killed in action. Poor fellow, If found him in the line unconscious, and immediately started bandaging him, he had been wounded in the head and when we had finished bandaging him, I had to take charge of the stretcher on which he was placed. The German artillery were shelling our communication trench like h. and it was almost certain death to go down into it. I asked the three chaps who were with me if they would go down, and the appeal I used was Will you give Tommy a chance of life by taking him down now, or wait till the bombardment dies down?' and they all said, ' We will give him the best possible chance.' So down we went and we had to pass under terrible shell fire, but eventually reached the aid post, where I handed Tommy to the doctor's care. When I got outside. I had to cry, the relief was so great. All the way down I had been worrying over him and wondering over him, whether he would live or die, so that it was not surprising that I should find myself in tears.
L/Cpl. Arthur Fredrick Howes
British Army 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Blythe Bridge, Staffs.
(d.11th Mar 1915)
Arthur Howes was my Grandfather. He served with the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment and died 12 days before my Dad was born. I have letters from Grandad to Grandma and his service medals. My grandson went to find his grave in 2008 in Belgium - he was the first of our family to visit. I would like to attend a commemoration service in Norfolk to represent my grandfather
Pte. Arthur Harvey Howes
British Army 1st Btn Devonshire Regiment
from:Cheltenham
(d.2nd May 1918)
Arthur Howes served with the 1st Devonshires.
Pte. Arthur Harvey Howes
British Army 20th Hussars
from:Cheltenham
(d.2nd May 1918)
Arthur Howes served with both the 20th Hussars and the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
Pte. Arthur Harvey Howes
British Army 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment
from:Cheltenham
(d.2nd May 1918)
Arthur Howes was my great great uncle, he was a 20th Hussars soldier but was transferred around Sept 1917 to the 1st Devonshires. We understand Arthur lost his life around the Nippe Forest when the Germans used gas. God bless you Arthur.
Pte. Arthur Harvey Howes
British Army 1st Devonshire Regiment 20th Hussars
from:Cheltenham
(d.2nd May 1918)
Arthur Howes was a Cheltenham soldier born in 1888. He enrolled in 1909. He was a proud man. He lived with my great grandparents after losing his mum at an early age. Arthur worked in Cheltenham train station before enrolling to the Army. He is mentioned in the 20th Hussars War Diaries checking trenches around the Menin Ridge and also in the hard back book 'Leaving All That Was Dear'. Arthur was transferred to the 1st Devonshire Regiment around November 1917. He was quoted by my grandmother, who was 10 years of age, saying after his leave he really had a bad feeling about returning to the battle fields. He did return and fight until loosing his life in the forest of Neippe. He lies in Morbeque Cemetery France. And we thank him greatly for giving up his life.
Pte. Arthur Harvey Howes
British Army 20th Hussars
from:Cheltenham
(d.2nd May 1918)
Arthur Howes was a proud gentle man. He was an impeccable cavalry man and his parents would have been very proud of him. He was a Cheltenham soldier transferred from the 20th Hussars to the 1st Devonshires where unfortunately he lost his life in the Neippe Forest.
Pte. F. Howes
Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
(d.24th January 1915)
Private Howes was buried in the Madang Cemetery in Papau, New Guinea, Grave 1.1
L/Sgt. Herbert Ernest Howes
British Army 18th (2nd Bradford) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Bradford
Herbert Howes was my grandfather. He died in 1945 so we never met although my father told me that he had been badly affected by gas and never really regained good health after the war.
CSM. James Howes DCM.
British Army 18th (2nd South East Lancashire) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Bury, Bolton
The Distinguished Conduct Medal was awarded to J Howes for gallantry in the field in the face of the enemy. Conferment of the D.C.M. gallantry award was announced in the London Gazette of the 3rd of September 1919 and accompanied by a citation.
"Since 9th September, 1917, his work has been continuously of the highest order. In the attack at Houthulst Forest on 22nd October, 1917, and the subsequent minor operations carried out by the battalion during the winter in Poelcapelle area, he displayed ..........."
Pte. Joseph Alfred Howes
British Army 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.10th Oct 1918)
Joseph Alfred Howes served with the 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, he was aged 35 when he died on 10th October 1918. Born in Jarrow in 1883 he lived and enlisted the town. He was the son of James Dobson and Jane Ina Howes (nee Davison) and husband of Jane Bradley Howes (nee Cameron) of 44 Stothard Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census, Joseph Alfred Howes age 28 Lineotype Operator (Compositor) for Newspaper is with his wife Jane Bradley Howes and children at 102 Westbourne Avenue, Gateshead on the 1911 census. His parents James Dobson and Jane Ina Howes and family are at 55 Princess Street, Jarrow
He is buried in Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery and he was commemorated on the Triptych (left panel) in St. Mark's Church, Jarrow (it is no longer a Church)
Pte. Louis Harold George Howes
British Army 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Rgt.
from:Norwich
(d.16th October 1916)
2nd Cpl. R. A. Howes
British Army 509th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.21st March 1918)
Second Corporal Howes was the son of William and Caroline Howes and the husband of A.E. Howes of 47 Hunsden Road, New Cross, London. He was aged 33 when he died at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers on 21st March 1918. He is buried in Grave XI.E.10 at Grevillers British Cemetery.
Pte. T. Howes
T. Howes Private is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. Could this be Frederick William Howes Private 8697 of the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers who died on 24th May 1915.
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