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Private WILLIAM COLIN HOWITT

Service Number: 34601
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

26th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (BYKER AND HEATON) CEMETERY

O. C. 42.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Kate Howitt, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Emma Howitt, of 81, Malcolm St., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (BYKER AND HEATON) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 285
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