MAURICE JOHN HOWELL
Maurice John Howell was born in 1898 in Amberley, the son of John Howell, a carter at a saw mill, and his wife Lucy nee Farmiloe. He was baptised at Horsley on 28 August of the same year. The family's abode was given as Theescombe, Amberley.
By 1901, the family had moved to Mill Cottages near Woodchester Mill, where they were still living during the war.
Maurice enlisted as a private in the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.
He was reported missing at Passchendaele on 26 October 1917 aged 19. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial near Ypres.
Medals Victory and British War
Background
The 9th Bn fought at Arras (9 Apr - 16 May) before moving to Flanders for the Third Battle of Ypres, seeing action in The Battle of Polygon Wood (26 Sept - 3 Oct), The Battle of Broodseinde (4 Oct), The Battle of Poelcapelle (9 Oct) and The Second Battle of Passchendaele (26 Oct - 10 Nov). On the 26 October, the 8th and 9th Bns were involved in an unsuccessful attack on Gheluvelt. Both lost heavily – especially among their officers, only three of whom from the two Battalions emerged unscathed.
Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, Zonnebeke
United Kingdom casualties and nearly 1,200 New Zealand casualties missing in action and presumed killed on and after 16 August 1917 are commemorated on the memorial wall at Tyne Cot military cemetery. (Up to 15 August are on the Menin Gate).
By 1901, the family had moved to Mill Cottages near Woodchester Mill, where they were still living during the war.
Maurice enlisted as a private in the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.
He was reported missing at Passchendaele on 26 October 1917 aged 19. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial near Ypres.
Medals Victory and British War
Background
The 9th Bn fought at Arras (9 Apr - 16 May) before moving to Flanders for the Third Battle of Ypres, seeing action in The Battle of Polygon Wood (26 Sept - 3 Oct), The Battle of Broodseinde (4 Oct), The Battle of Poelcapelle (9 Oct) and The Second Battle of Passchendaele (26 Oct - 10 Nov). On the 26 October, the 8th and 9th Bns were involved in an unsuccessful attack on Gheluvelt. Both lost heavily – especially among their officers, only three of whom from the two Battalions emerged unscathed.
Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, Zonnebeke
United Kingdom casualties and nearly 1,200 New Zealand casualties missing in action and presumed killed on and after 16 August 1917 are commemorated on the memorial wall at Tyne Cot military cemetery. (Up to 15 August are on the Menin Gate).