BORN BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE 1891. SON OF EDITH ROSE SKINNER & JOHN EDMUND HOWARTH, OF 26 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY. A LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL ON 31/10/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/04/1915. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER IN THE 70TH BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE SOMME, ON 22/08/1916, AGED 25.
HE LEFT A WIFE AND CHILD. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EDITH, C/O ALFRED GELDER STREET, HULL
HULL HOME ADDRESS UNTRACED.
First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
27874
Rank:
Bombardier
Date Died
22/08/1916
Place died:
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
25
