Private Ronald Howe

Army Number : 31742

Battalion : 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Derbyshire and lived at 30 Clarence Road, Chesterfield. Son of William and Florence Howe, of “Maisonette,” Spital, Chesterfield. He was a pupil colliery surveyor prior to enlisting at Chesterfield. He died of wounds, 6th July 1916, aged 22, received at Fricourt, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 104.

Private Ronald Howe is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Leonard’s Church War Memorial, Spital, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.