Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Dainville Communal Cemetery | ||
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Born 1879, (baptised 21st March 1879), son on Henry and Mary Anne Long of the High Street, Witney.Service Life:
Campaigns:
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Engineers |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
63218, Sergeant Howard Charles Long, 89th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed on active service 12th March, 1916. The record shows this was an "accident."
Enlisted at Nottingham.
He is interred and commemorated at his grave at Dainville Communal Cemetery.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Windrush No. 1703 E.C. | Oxfordshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
13th March 1907 | 10th April 1907 | 8th May 1907 |
Howard was listed as a 28 year old Builder, resident in Witney when he was initiated in 1907. "Killed on Active Service 1915." It is possible the registrar to the ledger did not know when Howard died, as the war service is scribbled out in 1915 and added to the first quarter of 1916. With such a clear annotation, it is not known why Howard is not included on either the 1921 or 1940 Masonic Rolls of Honour.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley