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William Henry Howcutt (1896-1917)

William Henry Howcutt was the only British soldier with the Howcutt surname to lose his life in either of the World Wars.

He was born at Aldershot in 1896 and baptised at St Michael’s church on 26 April. His parents John Thomas & his wife Fanny Horwood were then living at West End Cottage, West End, Aldershot and already had two older children, Leonard Joseph Mark and Bertha Mary. John Thomas was working as a groom.

By the 1901 census, William’s father and mother were working as a coachman and a dressmaker respectively and had produced a further two children – John Thomas junior and Frederick William Oliver. The family were living in a four-room house at 11 Church Street, Aldershot. During the following four years, a further three children were born, bringing the total number of children up to eight.

William was 15 years old in 1911. He not listed with his parents and siblings who were living at ……….. at the time and has not been found anywhere else. Presumably he was in service elsewhere.