Date of Birth
Unknown
College
Borough Road College
Service number
PS/1923
WW1 rank
Lance Corporal
Middlesex Regiment, 16th Battalion
Date of death
1 July 1916
Buried/memorial
Thiepval Memorial (Grave/Memorial reference: Pier and Face 12D and 13B)
Biography
Lance Corporal Edgard Howarth attended Borough Road College for two years, and competed in rugby for the college. He had a proficiency in Latin, having passed the advanced course with credit. He is listed as being destined for immediate service as a Private in the 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. After leaving the college he enlisted into the Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion. In the college ROH he is listed as “missing believed killed”, his date of death is listed as 1 July 1916.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/14/10 [BRCRU010], BRCSYG033, Commonwealth War Graves Commission