Auction Catalogue

16 April 2020

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№ 376

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£320

Three: Company Sergeant Major T. F. Howes, 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensingtons), who was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917

1914 Star (1417 Cpl. T. F. Howes. 1/13 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1417 W.O. Cl. 2 T. F. Howes. 13 - Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

Thomas Frederick Howes served during the Great War with the 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensingtons) on the Western Front from 3 November 1914. He advanced to Company Sergeant Major, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917.

Company Sergeant Major Howes was buried in the Beaurains Road Cemetery, north west of Neuville-Vitasse, however, the graves at the cemetery were destroyed by shellfire, and he is now commemorated at the London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse.