Howard , Douglas James (D J)

K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): HOWARD, Douglas James (Son of Peter James & Alice Loiusa (nee Bold) Howard, of East London.) (West Bank High School, East London & Selborne College, E.L.) 9080 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born East London 1921; a salesman in East London before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; killed in action in a German artillery attack at Rapale, Italy. (His brother Ivor also died in WWII.) Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Selborne College, EL & the East London WWII Memorials.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 09/07/1944 GLDK-V37 23