BORN HULL 1898. LIVED IN HULL. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HOWELL & FANNY JONES, OF 56, CLUMBER STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 36, WALGRAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & LATER WHITBY. HIS MOTHER DIED ON 13/10/1915 AGED 45.
HE ENLISTED AT NEWARK, NOTTS. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 21/03/1918, AGED 20.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE FAMILY GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
GWYN MERIDITH
Military Number:
307021
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
