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Able Seaman HERBERT STEPHEN HOWLAND

Service Number: C/223159
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M. Trawler Benyolio.

Date of Death

Died 23 February 1940

Age 54 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN (SS. PETER AND PAUL) NEW CHURCHYARD

Grave M.25.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Howland; husband of Ellen Howland, of Boughton.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN (SS. PETER AND PAUL) NEW CHURCHYARD
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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