BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF CHARLES (1855-1936) & MARY HOWSON (1853-1940), OF 6, IRENE AVENUE, DURHAM STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 6, WINSHIP BUILDINGS, STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS.
A FORMER SHIP CARPENTER. HE LIVED IN HULL, WITH HIS UNOFFICIAL WIFE, EDITH KATE JONES (1879-), FOR SIX YEARS, AT 3 BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 20/10/1916. JOINED THE EAST RIDING ENGINEERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 12/02/1917. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/01/1918, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, CHARLES.
HE IS BURIED AT RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER TOM AND JAMES HOWSON ALSO SERVED.
First name:
CHARLES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
28777
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/01/1918
Place died:
RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
32
6, WINSHIP BUILDINGS, STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
