HOWE, Norman Stanley
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X 4758
Born:
Friday, June 22, 1928
Died :
Tuesday, December 11, 1951
Died on active service
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Corporal Norman Howe died [1] in the British Military Hospital, Singapore [2+3].
He was originally buried at Pasir Penang Cemetery, Singapore. This cemetery was closed in 1974/5 and the next of kin were given various choices at that time. Cpl. Howe's remains were repatriated to England. His name appears on a Memorial Plaque in the Church of Resurrection in Kuala Kangsar in Malaysia [4].
Sources
[1] AFM ROH
[2] Coventry Evening Telegraph newspaper report 13/12/1951.
[3] Globe and Laurel March/April 1952 page 69.
[4] + [images] His nephew David Howe with info from the J.C.C.C. (MOD).
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