6447658 Acting Corporal John Howard, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

 

1881 April 6 Born Bruton (? Brixton) 11426 Private John Howard, ‘D’ Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1914 Aug 13 Landed at Le Havre 1914 Aug 24 Captured at Mons

1914 Aug 24 Taken POW

1915 June 27 Arrived Von Döberitz POW camp. A large camp 8 miles from Berlin .

1916 Dec 21 In Dyrotz POW camp near Wustermark.

1920 Re-numbered 6447658 Acting Corporal John Howard, ‘D’ Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

 

1921 Dec 20 Died aged 40 at Ballina, Co Tipperary due to privations suffered while a POW in Germany

 

 

British soldiers died in Ireland