Joseph Howe
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Joseph Howe (1888 - 1917)

Pte Joseph "joe" Howe
Born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 28 in Flanders, Francemap
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Profile last modified | Created 19 Jan 2013
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Biography

Joseph was born in 1888 in Banbury Oxfordshire, the son of John Howe and Elizabeth Archer.

The family moved to Kettering in Northamptonshire and Joe took up work as a Shoe Rivetter and later Boot Heel Builder.

Joseph enlisted in WWI - rank Private, no 23078 - 58TH Northamptonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion.

He was Killed in Action at Flanders, Western European Theatre , a scene of continuous combat mainly confined to North Eastern France and Belgium.

Joseph is buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel le Grand, Somme, France. LOCATION VII . C. 11. .

Sources

  • "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XTM-2PK : 1 October 2014), Joseph Howe, 1888; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  • "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4GZN-RT2 : 11 December 2017), Joseph Howe in household of John Howe, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Oxfordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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