1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
08/06/1915 (Died of Wounds)
Age:
23
Summary
Gilbert Alexander Howard was the son of John and Mary Howard, of Eskermore, Augher, County Tyrone. Gilbert was born about 1893 in Augher, Tyrone. The 1901 census shows Gilbert as an 8 year old schoolboy. His father had died. The family was living in Eskermore, Cecil, Tyrone. Gilbert Alexander Howard enlisted in Omagh. Drummer Gilbert Alexander Howard was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds in Egypt on 8th June 1915, age 23.
Chatby is a district on the eastern side of the city of Alexandria, between the main dual carriageway to Aboukir (known as Al Horaya) and the sea. The Cemetery is located centrally within the main Alexandria Cemetery complex, which is bordered by Al Horaya on the south and the electric tramway which is parallel with Sharia Champollion on the north. Visitors can reach the entrance to the cemetery along the road Sharia Anubis, which lies centrally north/south through the cemetery area.
