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Sapper WILLIAM WARD HOWSON

Service Number: 357714
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

5th Field Survey Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 February 1919

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELGRADE CEMETERY

II. B. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Howson, of Carleton Villa, Skelton, Penrith.
  • Personal Inscription NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING
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Buried or commemorated at

BELGRADE CEMETERY
Namur Belgium
Number of casualties: 250
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