ROBERT HOWARD
Born: 4th November 1879, Halesworth, Suffolk.
Baptised: 5th November 1889, at St. Mary Church, Halesworth, Suffolk.
Died: 26th August 1918; age 38; KiA.
E.A.D.T. – Wednesday, 18th September 1918 – Mrs. Agnes E. Howard, of 18, Pauline Street, Ipswich, has received information that her husband, Lane-Corporal Robert Howard, of the Cambridgeshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 26th August. Before joining up, he was employed for several years by the late Mr. John Murrells, butcher and poulterer, of 42, 44, & 46, St. Peter’s Street, Ipswich and Mrs. Whymark, St. Peter’s Street, Ipswich.
Residence: 18, Pauline Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: Journeyman Butcher for Mrs. Alice Maud Mary Whymark, of 23, St. Peter’s Street, Ipswich – widow of the late Mr. William James Whymark – butcher.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Lance Corporal; Service Number: 40678
Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Formerly 40678, Suffolk Regiment, 7th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 10.
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Robert Howard, of 123, Chediston Street, Halesworth; husband of Agnes Ellen Howard, of 18, Pauline Street, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1881 Chediston Street, Halesworth, Suffolk.
Robert was a year old and living with his parents & siblings.
Robert Howard, 32, a Master Carpenter – employing 1 man, born Halesworth, Suffolk.
Mary Ann Howard (nee Pearce), 30, born Laxfield, Suffolk.
Alice Howard, 8, born Halesworth.
Douglas Howard, 7, born Halesworth.
Donal Howard, 5, born Halesworth.
Lilian Howard, 4, born Halesworth.
Maggia Howard, 3, born Halesworth.
1891 Chediston Street, Halesworth, Suffolk.
Robert was 11 years old and living with his father, siblings, stepmother & stepsiblings.
Robert, 41, a Carpenter.
Levener Harriet Bonney Howard (nee Best), born Gorleston on Sea, North.
Alice, 18, a Dress Maker.
Douglas, 17, a Carpenter.
Donal, 15, a Printer.
Maggia, 12, a Nurse Maid.
Daisy Howard, 5, born Halesworth.
May Howard, 4, born Halesworth.
Monte Howard, 2, born Halesworth.
1901 28, Stoke Street, St. Mary Stoke, Ipswich.
Robert was 21 years old , a Butcher. He was a boarder at the family home of 59 year old James Goddard, a Foreman Pork Butcher.
1911 18, Pauline Street, Ipswich.
1911 18, Pauline Street, Ipswich.
Robert was 31 years old, a Butcher Journeyman. He was married and Head of the Household.
Agnes, 32.
Evelyn, 3.
Agnes, 2.
On the 12th June 1905, at St. Mary Soke Church, Ipswich, 25 year old Robert, a butcher, of 28, Stoke Street, Ipswich, married 26 year old Agnes Ellen Burch, born July 1880, St. Mary Stoke, Ipswich – daughter of Alfred Burch, a blacksmith, and Eliza Burch (nee Eade), of 36, Hawes Street, Ipswich.
Agnes and Robert had two daughters:
Evelyn May Howard, born October 1907, St. Peter’s, Ipswich and baptised on the 17th November 1907, at St. Mary Stoke Church, Ipswich.
Agnes Maud Howard, born March 1909, St. Peter’s, Ipswich and baptised on the 4th July 1909, at St. Mary Stoke Church, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Agnes E. Howard – widow.
Robert is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Peter’s Church, Ipswich, and at St Mary at Stoke Church, Ipswich.
One Comment
Douglas Howard was my grandfather. He and wife Jeanie nee Baxter migrated to Corowa, NSW Australia with their 3 sons and 2 daughters in 1925. My father Richard was the second eldest. Douglas and his 3 sons were all carpenters, as are my brothers.
We still live in Corowa.