Harold Henry Howitt
According to the 1939 Register he was a Painter.
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Born : 27th January 1914 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Son of : Henry Thomas Hankin Howitt and Florence Alice Howitt nee Mellors of : 260. Duke Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
According to the 1939 Register he was living at : 260. Duke Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, aged 25, employment : Painter.
Husband of : Sylvia Howitt nee Rhodes : Born : Circa : 1918.
They were married in the second quarter of 1940.
According to the 1939 Register Sylvia Rhodes was living at : 5. Turner Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, aged 21, employment : Hosiery Mender.
Enlisted : 24th June 1940.
Served with the 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment.
Died of wounds received : 22nd April 1944, aged 30 at Anzio, Italy.
Buried : Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy.
Grave Reference : Plot : XIII : Row : C : Grave : 8.
There is a Private, Family Memorial on his Parent's grave in Hucknall Cemetery, Broomhill Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire Commemorating Corporal, Harold Henry Howitt.
The Inscription on the Family Memorial reads : "In loving Memory of a dear Husband and Father, Henry T.H. Howitt who died March 21st 1947, aged 68 years
Also Florence Howitt, beloved Wife of the above and a dear Mother whodied Dec. 28th 1957, aged 76 years.
Also of their Son, Cpl. Henry Howitt, Sherwood Foresters who died of wounds at Anzio Beach Head, Italy, April 22nd 1944, aged 30 years".
The Memorial is no longer upright, it lies flat on the ground and despite a few missing letters is still reasonably legible.
Photo of Harold Henry Howitt
Photograph of the Chapel & Graveyard at Hucknall Cemetery, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire where Corporal, Harold Henry Howitt is Commemorated on his Family's Memorial by Gary Crosby on the 13th April 2025.
Photo of Harold Henry Howitt
Photograph of a Family Memorial on his Parent's grave Commemorating Corporal, Harold Henry Howitt in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 20th April 2025.