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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

William Miles Howard

 

Able Seaman, 455, RCN

 

Born: 22 Sep 1890, Hackney, London, England

 

Died: 17 Aug 1916, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Book of Remembrance

 

HOWARD, William Miles, Able Seaman, 455, RCN, died - 17 Aug 1916, HMCS STADACONA - Son of George and Ellen Elizabeth Howard, of Wickford, Essex, England.

 

William Howard joined the Royal Navy in 1907, O.N. SS2897.  In approx 1910 he transferred to the RCN, O.N. 455. 

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Casualty lists for the First World War list AB William Howard as having died from an illness on 17 Aug 1916.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS NIOBE

HMCS STADACONA

 

Able Seaman William Miles Howard, RCN

Courtesy of Blair Shaw

 


 

First World War Casualty Index - RCN

 

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