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Surname: HOYLE
Forename(s): Harold
Place of Birth: Britannia, Lancashire
Service No: 22863
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 5th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1918-08-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harold Hoyle was the son of Albert Johnson and Elizabeth Hoyle, née Hey. Albert was born at Facit and Elizabeth at Bacup (Spotland?), Lancashire.
1901 Bacup, Lancashire Census: 4, Albert Street - Harold Hoyle, aged 7 years, born Bacup, son of Albert Johnson and Elizabeth Hoyle.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: Hodge Syke House - Harold Hoyle, aged 17 years, born Britannia, Lancashire, son of Albert Johnson and [stepson of] Pauline Mary Hoyle. [Albert had married Pauline Mary Baker in 1903.]
The British Army Service Record for Harold Hoyle exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harold Hoyle, 22863, W. Rid. R. K. in A. 25.8.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harold Hoyle, 22863, 2nd W. Rid. R.; 5th W. Rid. R. K. in A. 25.8.18.
On the 30 January 1918, the 1/5th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) was transferred from the 49th (West Riding) Division to the 62nd (2/West Riding) Division and absorbed the 2/5th Battalion becoming the 5th Battalion.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HOYLE, Harold, aged 25, West Riding Regiment, Hodge Syke, [Earby], killed in action Aug. 25, 1918.
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Private Harold HOYLE

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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