Binstead Cemetery
Mr Arthur William Michael Howe (RN)
Title: Mr
Forenames: Arthur William Michael
Surnames: Howe
Date of Death: 25/11/1941
Age at Death Years: 20
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: RN
Map Reference Number: RSHG B001
Plot Number: Binstead New Cemetery Section A Plot 16
Grave Description: Surrounding kerbstones with cross topped corner posts and lead lettering
Grave Condition Description: Was overgrown by brambles and bushes. Cleared by April 2017 but covered with multiple ash seedlings.
Other Information: Added 2nd & 3rd names - information from CWGC Portsmouth Naval Memorial
HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Often used as a flagship, she participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. She was blown up and sunk by a U boat on 25 November 1941with a loss of 862 crewmen, two thirds of her crew approx. (information from Wikipedia)
HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Often used as a flagship, she participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. She was blown up and sunk by a U boat on 25 November 1941with a loss of 862 crewmen, two thirds of her crew approx. (information from Wikipedia)
Inscription:
Top kerb
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
Right kerb
MY BELOVED HUSBAND ERNEST CLAUDE HOWE, WHO DIED ON THE 18TH JULY 1954 AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO OF OUR DEAR SON ARTHUR LOST HIS LIFE ON HMS BARHAM NOV 1941 AGED 20 YEARS
Left kerb
ALSO OF HIS WIFE ELLEN HOWE, DIED 6TH OCTBER 1972, AGED 87 YEARS
Bottom kerb
"MAY THEY REST IN PEACE"
Photographs:
E, E & A Howe Aug 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
E, E & A Howe (2) Aug 2017
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
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