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Sapper WILLIAM CHARLES HOWES

Service Number: 69408
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

128th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1915

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

I. G. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Bentley Howes and Maria Howes, of Milbourn, Cambs; husband of Elizabeth Jane Howes, of 10, Ivy Cottages, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Middx.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 690
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