Name: William Frederick Howes Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (E) Service Number: Officer Service: HMS Jervis Bay, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Navy Date of Birth: December 31, 1910 Place of Birth: West Ham, London, England Date of Death: September 27, 1940 Age: 29 Cemetery: Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia Grave: Section R, Lot 55, Division 2, West Side William Frederick Howes was the son of William Henry Howes and Gertrude Elizabeth Howes of Romford, Essex, England. He had four sisters, Dorothy Elizabeth Howes (1903-1981), Florence Amy Howes (b. 1906), Gertrude Winifred Howes, and Alice Eleanor M Howes, and a brother. His home address in the UK was recorded as 47 Lucas Avenue in Upton Park, London, England. In 1939, he was working as an electrical engineer. William served on the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Jervis Bay of the British Royal Navy at the rank of Sub- Lieutenant (Engineer). After 3 months of illness beginning in July 1940, William died at the Camp Hill Hospital in September of 1940, and was interred September 29 or 30, 1940 after a funeral at the All Saints Cathedral on Cathedral Lane a full military procession in Halifax, NS. His grave inscription reads, “We Shall Meet Again in God’s Good Time Darling. How We Miss You. Mother.” Photographs of the military funeral cortege (procession)

Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission findagrave HMS Jervis Bay