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Name:

John Arthur HOWIE

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

J A

Service No.:

77813

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Burnopfield, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

15th Bn Durham Light Infantry.

Former Unit(s):

14/089234 Royal Army Service Corps (Remounts).

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

6 Ivy Terrace, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Clara Vale Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Sunday 31st March 1918

Place of Death:

Somme, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of the Somme, France, 1918. Battle of St Quentin, 1918.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Clara Vale Colliery Memorial, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Reference Panel 68 to 72.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 15th January, and 27th June, 1919. Blaydon Courier, page 8, 5th July 1919.

Family Details:

Husband of Elizabeth Howie of 6 Ivy Terrace, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham, and later of 12 Percy Street, West Wylam, Northumberland.

Notes :

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

Sources Used:

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Casulaty Details