Sergeant Lawrence H Howes

Lawrence Herbert Howes was the son of Herbert and Alice Howes and the husband of Vera Howes, of Norfolk. He enlisted into the Royal Norfolk Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.

Sergeant Howes successfully completed his glider pilot training and was posted to F Squadron, 2nd Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Sgt Howes was killed in action on 20 September 1944, aged 30, when in a trench with Sgts John Graham, Henry Parkinson and George Hogg. A mortar bomb dropped into this defensive position, killing all but George Hogg who was mortally wounded and died two days later.

The remains of Sgt Howes and others were located in September 1998 and were re-interred to Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.

If you are part of Sgt Howes’s family and would like to complete this biography, you can apply to the curator to do so. To do this you will need to become a member of ParaData and select the 'friend or family member' option on the registration form. If you would like to find out more about becoming a member please visit our registration page.

Members of ParaData can submit their material by clicking on the 'Add content to this article' button on the right.