William Henry Howe

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164500

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

April 28th, 1918

Cemetery:

Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension - Pas de Calais, France - III.A.21.

Birth country:

U.S.A.

Birth county:

Erie

Birth city:

Union City, Pennsyvania

Address at enlistment:

230 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

230 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Congregational

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Shrapnel Wound Left Shoulder) at No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station.

BX May 6, 1918

Private William Henry Howe Dangerously Wounded

Mrs. Emeretta Howe, 230 Grey Street, city, received official word on Saturday that her husband, Pte. William Howe had been dangerously wounded and had been admitted to the 42nd Clearing station in France.

BX May 9, 1918

William Henry Howe Died of Wounds

Mrs. William Howe, 230 Grey St., received the sad intelligence today that her son, Pte. William Henry Howe had died of wounds received on April 28. It was only on Saturday last that Mrs. Howe received word that her son had been dangerously wounded and apparently he died the same day as previously reported.