Frederick Leonard Beckett "Leonard" HOWELL

  General Notes:

Births Mar 1903
Howell Frederick Leonard B Bath 5c 508
Birth Registered 23 March 1903
- mother's maiden name Hawley on new GRO index, also 3rd name as Becket


Death Mar 1977
Mendip 23 1214 HOWELL Frederick Leonard B born 23 FE 1903

1911 census
RG14PN14728 RG78PN894 RD316 SD5 ED2 SN269
16 Newbridge Hill, Bath, Somerset
Frederick Walter Howell, Head, 53, Married, Bank Clerk, Hants Southampton
Ethel Gertrude Howell, Wife, 34, Married, , Somerset Bath
Fred'k Leonard Beckett Howell, Son, 8, , , Somerset Bath
Charles Edgar Howell, Son, 5, , , Somerset Bath
Ethelwyn Mary Howell, Daughter, 3, , , Somerset Bath
Emily Holton, Servant, 19, Single, General Servant (Domestic), Somerset Bath
against Ethel it states married 8 years, 3 children born alive, 3 still alive
The house had 8 rooms
- no infirmities shown in the final column of the form

Merchant Navy Record Card on Findmypast
The records are index cards which the Registrar General of Shipping and Seaman used between the two world wars to produce a centralised index of merchant seamen serving on British merchant navy vessels. They cover the period 1918-1941.
Ref : BT350 11949 (date range 1918-1921)
CR10 No. of Identity Certificate: 220837
Surname: Howell
Christian Name: Frederick Leonard Beckett
Rating: Cadet
Date & Place of Birth: 23-2-1903 Bath Eng
Nationality: British
Father: British
- all other fields were blank
The other side of the card has a photo of Leonard and
Navasota
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1320 45 11-20
li 6-21

The website China Families (sponsored by the University of Bristol) has information about men and women of many different nationalities, professions and ages, who lived and worked in China between the 1850s and 1940s. There are currently 60,000 names in the database. Address: www.chinafamilies.net
The entry for Leonard is:
ID: 18304
Surname: Howell
Forename: F.L.B.
Chinese name (simplified characters): ???
Nationality: British
Date of first appointment: 1/8/1924
Position on first appointment: Second Officer, C
Date withdrew: 1/1/1932
Port on withdrawal: (Service Unattached Leave)
Position on withdrawal: Second Officer A
Mode of withdrawal: Paid off

1939 Register
180 West Street, Fareham, Fareham U.D., Hampshire, England
Frederick L BHowell23 Feb 1903MaleChinese Mark Time Customs (Retired) 2nd Mate (Es) No 0017410 191123Single1341 Air Raid Precautions Warden
- rest of household had surname Cousins

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation.