Source: The Epic of Vimy, Toronto Section.
Family Search: When Sergeant Benjamin Arthur Howell was born on 5 June 1896, in Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec, Canada, his father, Alfred Howell, was 39 and his mother, Lydia Ann White, was 33. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Dorothy Letitia Tees. He lived in Saint-Antoine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1911 and in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1922. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as a billing clerk in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died on 19 November 1973, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
This man attended the Vimy Pilgrimage. AKA B. A. Howell. News clippings using that name.
