Also Served: William Howard - William HOWARD
6, West Street, Prescot Private M/335969, Army Service Corps Born in Liverpool in 1886 William Howard attested to the army in Liverpool on 23rd February 1916. He was single aged 30 and worked as a self employed Baker. He was immediately transferred to the Army Reserve and it was not until May of 1917 that he was mobilised for service.
Probably as a result of his call up, he married Mary Teresa Pope on 20th June quarter of 1917 at Our Lady's Catholic Church, Prescot. Before the war, Mary had been working as a Servant/Housekeeper on her uncle's farm in Knowsley.
William was initially posted to the Motor Transport Training Depot at Isleworth in Middlesex, where he remained until the end of September, qualifying as a Heavy Lorry Driver.
On 9th October 1917, he left Devonport aboard the s.s. "Port Lincoln" bound for Dar-es-Salaam in East Africa, where he arrived on 19th November. He remained here, serving with the East African Force, before contracting Malaria in April 1918.
He left Africa on 11th February 1919, returning to the UK. He was then posted to the MT Depot at Shortlands, near London, but was discharged from the army on 27th June 1919. At the time, he was still suffering from Malaria. His address on discharge was recorded as 6, West Street, Prescot.
His service entitled him to the British War Medal and Victory Medal and he will have received these in 1921. In addition, he was awarded the Silver War Badge as his discharge was due to illness/injuries received whilst on active service.
The above images show William's Medal Index Card and his entry in the ASC Medal Rolls
William's entry in the Silver War Badge register
After the war, William and Mary went on to have two sons, Peter Ignatius Howard (1920) and Christopher William Howard (1925).
William died in Prescot in 1937 at the age of 51.
Mary died in on 26th November 1948, aged 65. At the time she still lived at Brindle Villa, 6, West Street, Prescot.
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