In Memory Of

HOWELL, JOSEPH LEIGH

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 3983
Rank:
 Lance Sergeant
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Brigadier-General Lukin was ordered to support the attack of the 11th Royal Scots [27th Brigade] on the orchard, situated in the northern sector of Longueval, between North Street and Flers Road. The Scots would attack along North Street while B and C Companies of the 1st SAI would attack northwards in the wood, parallel to the Royal Scots. The South African attack also failed. The enemy fire scythed down the advancing troops.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XV. L. 4.
Cemetery:
 DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Gilbert and Emma Mary Howell.