HOWARD, Austin William

Thiepval Memorial, Somme FranceCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
2nd Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps

Austin was born 1891 in Niton to Arthur Frank & Sarah Maria (nee GUY) HOWARD who were living at 5 Trafalgar Road in Newport around the time of Austin’s death.

Austin, aged 25, was listed as Missing in Action Presumed Killed on the 23rd of July 1916, & is commemorated by the Commission on the largest Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, Somme in France together with 72,306 of his First World War comrades.

Austin is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.