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Private WILLIAM HOWES

Service Number: 4532857
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1940

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY

7. E. 8.

Sudan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George H. and Jane Ann Howes, of Blyth, Northumberland. His brother George Henry also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription FAREWELL, DEAR FRIEND, WE SHALL MEET NO MORE TILL WE WITH CHRIST DO DWELL ON ZION'S SHORE
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