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1075. Gnr / 2nd Lt. Howells, John Hubert

Gunner / Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 5/4/1893, Swansea (COMM & CENS)
Occupation: Architect / Surveyor
Enlisted - Date: 2/1/1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 1075
1917 Serv. No: 725414
Commission: 2/Lieut RFA. Comm'd 9/6/17 (LG - 15/6/17)
Date Died: 9/10/1917
How Died: Killed In Action
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 5/4/1893, Swansea. Parents - John & Annie. Known as Hubert

1901 - 33 Mirador Crescent, Swansea. 7yo. W parents & 4 sibs. Dad Chief Clerk, PO

Swansea Grammar School

1911 - 27 Mirador Crescent, Swansea. 17yo. Occ-Architect's Articled Pupil. W parents & 7 sibs. Dad-Superintendant at Post Office, Swansea. Mum from Chile

Died 9/10/1917, France. 2 other brother also killed

Personal Info: Son of John and Annie Howells, of 5, Clifton Park Rd., Caversham, Reading. (CWGC)
Address:
32 Bryn-y-Mor Crescent
Swansea (COMM)

Military Service

SR

Enl 2 Jan 1915, Swansea.

6/2/15 - posted to 2/1st Welsh FA Bde, 2/1st Glam Bty 27/3/15,

A/Bdr 29/5/15, a/Cpl 7/8/15, a/Sgt 8/4/16

D Bty, 342 Bde 2/9/16

Disch to comm 9/6/17, LG 15/6/17

France 26/6/17, attached 15th Bde, RHA

KIA nr Ypres 9/10/17, buried Canada Farm Cemetary

1st Welsh Unit: 2/1st Glam Bty
Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 26/6/1917
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Addnl info: Buried/Commemorated: Canada Farm Cemetary
Final Unit: attd. 15th Bde. RHA (SR-NA)
Sources: (MIC)(CWGC)(COMM)(SR-NA)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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