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Private W HOWARTH

Service Number: 242782
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

II. M. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Nanny Jane Howarth, of Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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