Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Find-A-Grave
| Reg number | 746016 |
| Name | Howell, James |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 2/26/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Chingford, London, England |
| Address | Oshawa, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 1/10/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 1/10/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/6/1916 |
| Married | No |
| Occupation | Bricklayer |
| Wounded date | July 16 1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | GSW Neck, hand (Aug 8, 1918) |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | D Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 