GEORGE HOWSE was serving as a Rifleman in the 14th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles when he died of wounds received on 6th December 1917. He was aged 27 and is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt British Cemetery.

He was the son of George Howse and had worked as a farm labourer.

He had enlisted in to the Bedfordshire Regiment before joining the Irish Rifles. As part of the 36th Irish Divison the 14th were based in the Ancre area, fighting in the Battle of Albert from 1st July 1916 the first action in the Battle of the Somme.

Steve Kingsford