The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R O Howell

Private Russell Oaken HOWELL, G/28375, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly TR/10/26214, 31st Training Reserve Battalion), killed in action, Flanders France, 12th April 1918, age 19.

Born Eaton, Norfolk, son of George William and Lucy Howell, of 4, The Gardens, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk.

1911 Census - 4 Old Gardens, Church Lane, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk - George Howell, head, age 45, married, market gardener, worker, born Old Walingham, Norfolk; Lucy Howell, wife, age 48, married 20 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Syderstone, Norfolk; John Howell, son, age 19, single, market gardener, worker, born Eaton, Norfolk; Frank Howell, son, age 15, single, nurseryman, worker, born Eaton, Norfolk; Lillian Howell, daughter, age 13, school, born Eaton, Norfolk; Russell Howell, son, age 12, school, born Eaton, Norfolk; Bramwell Howell, son, age 9, school, born Eaton, Norfolk; Ernest Howell, son, age 8, school, born Eaton, Norfolk.

Enlisted Norwich, Norfolk.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59., France.

NOTE: Regimental History shows initials as R.O.; Soldiers Died in the Great War shows first names as Russell Oaken; CWGC web site shows first names as Russell Coker.

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