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Private JOHN ROBERT HOWSON

Service Number: 2194
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1915

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. D. 38.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary A. Wearing (formerly Howson), of 1, Percy Rd., Lancaster.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID ON DUTY'S ALTAR THE GREATEST SACRIFICE HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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