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Dvr. Jesse Howard
British Army 103rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Morley
(d.1st Aug 1918)
Driver Jesse Howard was based at Somerleyton, Lowestoft with D Battery, 310th Brigade in June 1916, signing a visitors book at the time. We have not found his service record but we know that in Jan 17 he was hospitalised at Arques with Scabies, serving with the 103rd. We also know that he died with the 103rd in Italy in 1918, buried at Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy. Reasonable to assume he was with 103rd at Messines.
He was Born in Churwell, Yorkshire 1898, living in Morley before signing up, learning to weave in a Cloth Mill (1911 Census) He is not a relative but part of our research project at www.peterboroughww1.co.uk.