Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Son of William Lewis Howes, J.P., and M. Howes, of Umzimkulu, Natal; husband of Helen Margaret Howes, of 2, Loop St., Pietermaritzburg, Natal. His brother also died in service