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Bdr. John Alfred Howton
Royal Field Artillery 1st Training Battery
from:Woolwich, Brookhill
John lied his age to enlist in the army so as to carry on as his father and grandfather with The Royal Artillery. We know he served in France but not where or when.
His father, Driver George Howton RA9490, served 21 years and had 1 year and 9 months in So Africa in 1900-1901. His grandfather John William Howton enlisted in 1861 at Woolwich, he died in 1888.