Royal Field Artillery

Gunner Thomas Howland

by

Gunner. “A” Battery. 178th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Service Number 127166. Early life: Thomas was the only son of Thomas and Elizabeth Howland, who had been married in 1895. His father Thomas from the Isle of Man was previously married (in 1870) to Catherine Ann Martin also from the Isle of Man. They’d had at … Read more

Loading

Bombardier Lawrence Wood

by

Acting Bombardier, 70th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Service no. 55240. Early life: Lawrence was born in Leeds around 1891. Parents Henry and Martha Jane Wood. He was a woolcomber with Messrs Merrall & Sons and living at 58, Spring Row, Oakworth in 1908. Lawrence served as a volunteer for a short while with the 3rd … Read more

Loading