In Memory Of

HOWELL, LOUIS FREDERICK

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1888-11-02
Service No:
 X/316
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1918-09-12
Cause of Death:
 Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 49.
Cemetery:
 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
Localitly:
 Hampshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of George Henry and Catharina Jacoba Howell, of Fairview, Johannesburg. Born Prince Albert, Cape Province. A grocer. His brother also died in service in WW2. Commemorated on Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery