Birth: 20 January 1887 Kingfield? Woking, Surrey, UK
Father: William Bird Howard 1855-1936
Mother: Mary Anne (Ann) Fullick (Fulleck) 1857-1890
Christening: 13 February 1887 St Peter, Woking, Surrey, UK.
Marriage: 7 August 1909 St Peter, Woking, Surrey, UK
Wife: Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Davis [Lee] 1887-1960
Death: 1 June 1916 HMS Ardent, Battle of Jutland, Northsea
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Birth of William Howard in FreeBMD in January-March 1887 in Guildford (2a 56).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 for William Howard baptised on 13 February 1887 at Woking, St Peter, parents William and Mary Howard. "Page 177 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey in the Year 1886 [...] Feb 13 No. 1414 William, parents William, Labourer, and Mary Howard of Kingfield? Woking.
His mother died in Guildford in January-March 1890 and his father married Emma Smith on 14 October 1890 in Woking.
In the 1891 census as William Howard aged 4, born in Woking, Surrey, and living with his father (William), (step)mother (Emma), sister (Alice), and (half)brother (Baley) in Church Street, Woking, Surrey.
In the 1901 census as William Howard aged 14, born in Woking, Surrey, a printers machine minder, and living with his father (William), (step)mother (Emma), sister (Alice), and four (half)brothers (Alfred, Bartram, George and John) in four rooms in Russell Cottages, Shackleford, Woking, Surrey.
Marriage of William Howard and Florence Priscilla E Davis in FreeBMD in July-September 1909 in Guildford (2a 217).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for William Howard aged 22, father William Howard, and Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Davis on 7 August 1909 at Woking, St Peter. "1909 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey. No. 239 Aug 7 1909 William Howard aged 22, a Bachelor and Able Seaman R.N. of Woking, father William Howard, a Labourer, and Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Davis aged 22, a Spinster of Woking, father George Davis Deceased. Married in the Parish Church of Woking according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns".
In the 1911 census as William Howard aged 24, born in Woking, Surrey, an able seaman, married, on the Diadem, Portsea and Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. His wife was boarding with William and Emily Lee, their son William Joseph (her future husband) and their daughter at 14 Hipley Street, Woking Village, Woking.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939 for William Howard born on 20 January 1887 in Woking, Surrey, a warehouse boy, joined on 20 January 1905 for 12 years, no. 220176, aged 18 height 5 ft 1 in, brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion, scar on left wrist, he appears to have been in the navy from 2 April 1902 to 4 January 1904, then served on Impregnable from 1 October 1905, Vernon 13 March 1906, Victory I 26 August 1906, Victory II 20 January 1907, Vernon 28 August 1908, Victory II 9 March 1909, Victory I 12 September 1909, Vernon 26 September 1909, Azidue 13 February 1910, Superb 30 May 1911, Agincourt 23 December 1912, Vernon 6 May 1913, Vernon 6 June 1913, Euryalus 3 November 1913, Dolphin 6 Devember 1913, and Heala (Ardent) 20 February 1914 killed in action 1 June 1916.
Entry in Ancestry UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 for William Howard, born on 20 January 1887 in Woking, Surrey, leading seaman 220176 based in Portsmouth, died 1 June 1916 on HMS Ardent leaving a widow Florence, address 14 Hipley Street, Old Woking. .
Entry in Ancestry UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 for William Howard, born on 20 January 1887 in Woking, Surrey, leading seaman 220176 based in Portsmouth, killed or died as a direct result of enemy action on 1 June 1916 on HMS Ardent leaving a widow Florence, address 14 Hipley Street, Old Woking, body not recovered for burial.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 for William Howard 220176 Royal Navy born in 1887, died on Ardent on 1 June 1916, name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial. "Howard, Ldg. Smn. William, 220176. R.N. H.M.S. Ardent. Killed in action at Battle of Jutland 1st June 1916. Age 29. Son of William Howard, of Woking; husband of Florence P. E, Lee (formerly Howard), of 23, Hipley St., Woking, Surrey. 12.".
The Hecia was a depot ship in the Battle of Jutland, and the Ardent was a destroyer that was sunk on 1 June 1916 by secondary fire from the German dreadnought SMS Westfalen. Seventy-eight men went down with the ship, there were only 2 survivors.
There are three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Howard born in Woking, Surrey in 1887, father William Howard, one giving his mother as Emma Smith.
William Howard was my first cousin once removed.
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