HOWIS Frederick

1911 Census
The Hawthorns, Malvern Wells
Charles Smith, head, aged 47, Innkeeper Proprietor
Harriet Smith, wife, aged 40, married 11 years, 3 children, all still living
Walter George Smith, son, aged 22
Elsie May Smith, daughter, aged 20
Lucy Smith, daughter, aged 18
Stephen Henry Smith, son, aged 16
Albert Thomas Smith, son, aged 14
Eva Mary Smith, daughter, aged 12
Percy Wilfred Smith, son, aged 8
Dorothy Gladys Smith, daughter, aged 5
Daisy Smith, daughter, aged 1

Frederick Howis married Elsie M. Smith during the December Quarter 1916 in the Colchester Registration District.

Malvern News, 29th December 1917:
The widow of Pte F Howis (the daughter of Mr Walter Smith, The Hawthorns, Upper Welland) received a letter from her husband’s platoon officer: “You will no doubt have read the great part our regiment played at the battle of ___. Your husband played his part as nobly as any. He was shot by a sniper and hit again by shrapnel before he could be conveyed to the dressing station. I have known your husband about six months as the best man in my platoon. He was at all times a soldier and a gentleman. He was keen at his work; the best sniper in the Battalion and everyone loved him. His loss is a great blow to me and the platoon.”

Frederick Howis has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.