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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN HOWLAND

Service Number: 253974
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

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Date of Death

Died 09 October 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT

VIII. H. 11A.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 93rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Charlotte E. Howland, of 2, Stanley Cottages, Downs Rd., Chilton, nr. Ramsgate.
  • Personal Inscription IN HONOUR'S CAUSE HE LOVED HONOUR MORE THAN HE FEARED DEATH R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2358
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