Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
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Private Alfred Howell was born on 27 June 1895, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Walter Howell and Harriet. He married Ellen Ambler on 22 March 1919, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1906 and lived in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1919. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 28 January 1923, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 27, and was buried in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
Private Alfred Howell, reg. no. 53346.
This man enlisted with the 18th Battalion on 4 November 1914, at London, Ontario. He was a farm labourer who practiced the Methodist faith.
He went overseas with the 18th Battalion to England, training at the West Sandling Camp, Kent from May to September 1915. He then went “overseas” with the Battalion.
He was wounded during his service suffering a gunshot wound to the hand (fingers).
He married overseas and was discharged on 17 June 1919, at the No. 2 Canadian Discharge Depot, London, England.
