Name
Walter James Howard (MM)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/08/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
18800
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Medal
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
XIV. A. 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Born and resident of Baldock Enlisted Bedford. Walter lived in Norton Street, Baldock and had been employed by Blanks Newsagents for 8 years before joining up.
He had been the Captain of Baldock Athletic Football Club and the Baldock Cricket Club.
Wartime Service
Corporal W. J. Howard was killed in action in France on the 3rd of August 1918.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
