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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Howes George Joseph
|Army number=1079951
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 22/10/1940 and posted to the 132nd Field Regiment.  Posted to 960 Home Defence Battery 22/10/1940.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 126th Field Regiment 27/7/1941.  Posted to the 178th Field Regiment 19/1/1942.  Posted to the 2nd Medium Regiment 31/7/1942.  Posted overseas 15/12/1942.  Returned to the UK.  Y Release 9/11/1945.  Relegated to the Z(T) Reserve 5/2/1946.  Release list 282/46.  Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=No family information yet. 
}}

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