BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HOWGILL (1841-1913) & MRS ELIZABETH CHALLONS (1854-1934), OF, 17, WALTERS TERRACE, NEWLAND AVENUE AND 7, PRINCESS GARDENS, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD TWO SISTERS AND THREE HALF SISTERS. HE JOINED THE POSTAL SERVICE, IN 1910, AGED 17. HE WAS A HULL POSTMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. JOINED THE POST OFFICE RIFLES. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/05/1917, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
LISTED ON THE ST JOHNS, NEWLAND CHURCH MEMORIAL, HULL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH.
First name:
SYDNEY
Military Number:
3532
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
18/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
