In Memory Of
HOWELLS, WILLIAM DAVID
Service Details
Age:
36
Date of Birth:
1908-05-01
Service No:
110262V
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-06-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, tank was hit by enemy fire and caught alight, about 800 yards south of the village of Porano. At the time, the PAG was the leading unit of the 8th Army in its thrust toward Florence
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, B, 3.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of William D. and Amelia Howells; husband of Gertrude Magdalene Howells, of The Chilterns, Wynberg, Cape Town. Born in Claremont, Cape Province. A race horse trainer. He had 2 children. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery.
