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Second Lieutenant JOHN CHRISTIAN HOW

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 April 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Walshan How and Mabel Louisa How, of The Vicarage House, Chesterton, Bicester, Oxon. Born at Richmond, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR ALL YOU HAD YOU GAVE TO SAVE MANKIND
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Buried or commemorated at

CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1195
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