HOWELLS, Ellis
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
10 Commando
'Small Scale Raiding Force'
Regiment/Corps:
South Wales Borderers
Special Air Service Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3910267
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Tuesday, February 18, 1919
Birthplace:
Swansea
Died :
Saturday, October 7, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Corporal Ellis Howells was killed in action having left the Commandos and joined the 1st Special Boat Service, S.A.S. Regiment, Army Air Corps. He died during an attack on a railway bridge at Limpljani in the former Yugoslavia. Previously served No.12 Commando, the Small Scale Raiding Force, No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando, and Fynnforce. The SAS and LRDG Roll of Honour also record that he served with the Special Operations Executive for a short period prior to joining 1 SBS.
Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the Field (Operation Tarbrush cross channel raids).
Ellis Howells was an accomplished rugby player and a winger in the 1938/39 Swansea Rugby Team. Son of Richard and Annie Howells of Bonymaen, Swansea.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/84.
Full record in the SAS and LRDG Roll of Honour - Volume 2.
MiD - London Gazette 36637, page 3606 dated 3 August 1944.
1938/39 Rugby Team photo with names on the Swansea RFC website.
Numerous 1938/39 newspaper articles including the Neath Guardian 05 May 1939.
[Image 1] The War Illustrated Magazine- Faces of the Fallen.
[Image 2] Cropped from image in Gallery from the collection of Major Oswald 'Micky' Rooney, No.12 Commando.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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