Name
George Howell
1 Feb 1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/10/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
94310
Royal Field Artillery
C Bty. 295th Bde.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
IV. B. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden
Pre War
George was born on 1 Feb 1894 in Harpenden to William Howell, a carter on a farm, and Mary Ann (nee Attwood).
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Heath Road, Harpenden. On the 1911 Census George’s occupation was hairdresser. He married Margaret G Rogers in 1917.
Wartime Service
George enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery as Gunner 94310 in Glasgow. He went to France on 27 Jun 1915.
He was serving with C Battery 295 Brigade RFA which were operating Howitzers and were attached to 59 (North Midland ) Div. In 1918 they were operating on the Lille Area when George was wounded, he died from these wounds on 7 Oct 1918.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
