George Benjamin Howell
Memorial: Hawkesbury Upton
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 26335
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Inglestone Common, Hawkesbury, Glos
Date of death: 23/08/1916
Age: 23
Further information:
George Benjamin Howell was born in 1895 in Inglestone Common, Hawkesbury, Glos. He was the brother of Miss Mary J Howell
George served with the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. On 20th August 1916 on the Somme, the Battalion were ordered to occupy trenches to the west of High Wood. They would hold the trenches for the next seven days in the face of heavy shell fire. During this period the battalion had 46 men killed and further 141 wounded. Amongst the wounded was Private George Howell, who was evacuated to the casualty clearing station at Dernancourt, where he died of his wounds on 23 August 1916
George Benjamin Howell is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Hawkesbury
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Many thanks to the researcher Simon Bendry
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