Person    | Male  Born 1898  Died 16/4/1918

William L. Howes

Countries: Belgium

War dead, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

William L. Howes

Soldier in the Machine Gun Corps killed in Wytschaete.

Andrew Behan has researched Howes: Private William Leslie Howes was born in 1898 in Sheerness, Kent and his birth was registered in the third quarter of 1898 in Sheppey, Kent. He was a son of William Howes and Ellen Elizabeth Howes née Griffiths and at the time of the 1901 census his father was a Coach Builder and the family were living at 42 High Street, Sheerness. The 1911 census shows the family had moved to 84 Sumatra Road, Hampstead and his father was a Foreman Farrier for the Great Central Railway. It also showed that his parents had also had another child, but who had died.

He enlisted at Hampstead in the Machine Gun Corps, service number 129475, and was attached to their 9th Company when he was killed in action, aged 19 years, on 16 April 1918. As he has no known grave he is commemorated on Panels 154 to 159 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. His home address at the time of his death was 28 Solent Road, West Hampstead. On 5 October 1918 his mother received his £5-16s-9d army effects and on 29 November 1919 a £3-0s-0d war gratuity. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William L. Howes

Commemorated ati

Great Central Railway Chief Goods Manager's Office Employees

Andrew Behan has researched all the names on this plaque and writes that it w...

Read More

Other Subjects

Cecil John Kinross, VC

Cecil John Kinross, VC

Soldier. Born at Harefield, Middlesex. His family emigrated to Canada in 1912. In 1915 he volunteered to join the 49th (Edmonton) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. After the attack on ...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium, Canada

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Peter Scheemakers
3 memorials
Rifleman Harold Owen Bagust

Rifleman Harold Owen Bagust

Harold Owen Bagust was born in 1896, the sixth of the seven children of Alfred John Cooper Bagust (1848-1918)  and Mary Ann Bagust née Baugh (1859-1922). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Robert Henry Howard

Lance Corporal Robert Henry Howard

Robert Henry Howard was born on 17 October 1895, a son of Robert Henry Howard and Jane Howard née Walker. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1895 in the Paddington registration district...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Belgian Volunteers - WW2

Belgian Volunteers - WW2

On July 27th, 1942, a Belgian Troop (N° 4) was created within the 10th (Inter-Allied) Commando in Great Britain. They fought in Algeria, Italy and Yugoslavia.

Group, Armed Forces, Africa, Belgium, Italy, Yugoslavia

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials
G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Writer. Born 32 Sheffield Terrace, Campden Hill, as Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Best known for the Father Brown stories. He often wrote about religion and in 1922 converted to Roman Catholicism. In l...

Person, Literature

4 memorials
Women's Initiative Network

Women's Initiative Network

The name 'Women's Initiative Network' seems to be used by groups of women in various organisation. The groups are formed to work towards gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in those ...

Group, Benefactor, Gender Issues

1 memorial