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| Regiment/Service: |
9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
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| Date Of Birth: |
24/07/1897
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| Died: |
15/08/1917 (Killed in Action) |
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20 |
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| It is believed James Howe was the son of John and Mary Howe. He was born on 24th July 1897 in Moy, County Tyrone. By 1901 the family had moved to Belfast. By 1911 James had left school and was working as an errand boy. His father was a labourer. Private James Howe was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France & Flanders on Wednesday 15th August 1917. |
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| It is believed James Howe was the son of John and Mary Howe. John Howe and Mary Mallon / Mellon were married on 16th May 1894 in the district of Dungannon.
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| James Howe was born on 24th July 1897 in Moy, County Tyrone.
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| The 1901 census lists James as age 4, living with the family at house 9 in Ballyclare Street, Clifton, Belfast. John Howe was a general labourer.
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| Known fami1y: John Howe, Mary Howe, Maggie Howe (born about 1895, Tyrone), James Howe (born 24th July 1897, Moy), Annie Howe (born 30th March 1903, Belfast), John Howe (born 3rd June 1906, Belfast).
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| The 1911 census lists James as age 14, living with the family at house 9 in Ballyclare Street, Clifton, Belfast. James had left school and was an errand boy. His father was a labourer.
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| James Howe enlisted in Belfast.
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| Private James Howe was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France & Flanders on Wednesday 15th August 1917.
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| Private James Howe has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, nine kilometres north east of Ypres town centre in Belgium.
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| TYPE - B:Birth M:Marriage D:Death | GRONI | SIBLING: brother or sister | NOTES: spelling inconsistencies, etc. |
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| Date |
Type |
Surname |
First name |
Relationship |
GRONI Ref |
Notes |
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| 16/05/1894 |
M |
Mellon |
Mary |
Parent |
M/1894/T1/1422/3/66 |
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| 16/05/1894 |
M |
Howe |
John |
Parent |
M/1894/T1/1422/3/66 |
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| 24/07/1897 |
B |
Howe |
James |
Casualty |
U/1897/106/1012/10/104 |
Mallon |
| 30/03/1903 |
B |
Howe |
Annie |
Sibling |
U/1903/49/1007/114/446 |
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| 03/06/1906 |
B |
Howe |
John |
Sibling |
U/1906/49/1007/124/72 |
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