Name
George Howe
1880
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/01/1918
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
TF/290990
Royal Sussex Regiment
12th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 86 to 88.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Radlett Town Memorial,
Christchurch Memorial, Radlett
Pre War
George Howe was born in 1880 in Chiswell Green, Herts to Joseph and Elizabeth Howe.
On the 1881 Census the family were living at Chiswell Green where his father was working as an agricultural labourer. Living at Plaistows Cottage on 1891, next to Plaistows farm, St Albans. He married Ruth Ashwell in 1904 at Watford and they had two daughters Annie and Nellie. On the 1911 Census he was living at 6 Scrubbits Square, The Flats, Radlett, Herts with his wife and daughters, and mother in law Hannah Ashwell, and working as a market nurseryman.
His daughter Annie died in 1914.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford and served in the 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
He was missing presumed dead on 21 January 1918 and his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £7 13s 11d. She also received a pension of £1 5s a week for herself and her daughter Nellie.
On some records the surname HOWE is spelt without the 'E'.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
