Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain C. J. Howell, East Kent Regiment, who was severely wounded in action in Mesopotamia

1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. J. Howell. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. J. Howell.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80

Cecil John Howell was born at St Leonard’s on Sea on 20 May 1883. He served in the ranks in the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (Volunteers) from February 1904 to February 1908, and was appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, on 13 November 1913. He was promoted temporary Lieutenant on 16 October 1914, being confirmed in that rank on 26 June 1915, and served overseas during the Great War in India, December 1914 to July 1915; Aden, August 1915 to February 1916; India, February to June 1916; and in Mesopotamia, June 1916 to October 1917. He was promoted Captain on 1 June 1916, and was severely wounded by a gun shot in the right leg at Shumran Bend, Mesopotamia, on 24 February 1917. Over the next few years he underwent nine operations on his leg which left it shortened by nearly an inch.