R.+L.+HOWE

Howe, Robert Leonard, Private, 124249, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Born Higher Bebbington, Derbyshire Enlisted London, Ontario, Canada Died of wounds 21st September 1916 aged 24 Son of John and Priscilla Howe, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, XVI, A, 2

1911 Census A limestone quarryman Son of John, a limestone quarryman, and Priscilla Howe, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire

Canadian Army Service records information: Robert was born in Derbyshire, on the 2nd February, 1892. He enlisted in London, Ontario, 27th October 1915, stating his occupation as a farmer, and his next of kin as his father, John Howe, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire. He was five feet five and three quarter inches in height, had a fair complexion, brown eyes and medium hair, and he was a Methodist.


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