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Military service
Service number:
9921
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
January 1, 1875
Bridgwater, Somerset
Enlistment:
January 1, 1914
Valcartier
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Husband of Ellen Howe of Toronto, Ontario.
His son, Private John Edward Howe died on August 18, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William John Howe
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Pte. William John Howe is mentioned in this article about the death of his son, Pte. John Edward Howe, 19th Battalion. -
Newspaper Clipping
In honoured memory. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Howe
Digital gallery of
Private William John Howe
Digital gallery of
Private William John Howe
Digital gallery of
Private William John Howe
Digital gallery of
Private William John Howe
Digital gallery of
Private William John Howe
Digital gallery of
Private William John Howe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 20 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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