Basic Details
Surname
Howell
Forenames
Edward Thomas
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Hovell
Served or died
Died
Service number
21025
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 32 Albert Place. It wrongly records his surname as Howell, his regimental number as 21025, and that he died serving in the Northamptonshire Regiment.

(CWGC records that Private Edward Thomas Hovell, regimental number 21015, died on 28/11/1918 having served in 16th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, attached to the Labour Corps under regimental number 500022. He is buried in grave 1.3.1638 in Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow, Mary A V Hovell, was his legatee. His marriage to Mary Ann V Wilmott was registered in Peterborough in 1903; they were living at 6 Globe Street, Albert Place in Peterborough on the 1911 census. When his death at the Palace Hospital was registered in Peterborough, his age was recorded as 34).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Peterborough
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
November
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
Died of sickness at the Palace Hospital, Peterborough
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
32, ALBERT PLACE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial