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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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20 September 1918
HOYLE – In loving memory of our dear son, Private Harold Hoyle, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action somewhere in France, August 25th, 1918.
Somewhere in France in a soldier’s grave
Lies our dear son amongst the brave;
From earthly cares to heavenly rest,
Missed by those who loved him best.
From Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters.
Somewhere in France in a nameless grave,
Lies my dear sweet heart amongst the brave;
But the unknown grave is the bitterest blow
None but an aching heart can know.
Ever remembered – Mollie
20 September 1918
Private Harold Hoyle, Earby
Private Harold Hoyle, Duke of Wellington’s, killed in action on August 25th, was 25 years of age and the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Hoyle, Hodge Syke, Earby. He was wounded last October, and returned to France after four months’ recuperation in England. Altogether he had been two years at the Front, and was formerly an engine-tenter at Grove Shed, Earby
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20 September 1918
Earby’s Heroes
Pte. Harold Hoyle, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, killed in action on Aug. 25th, was 25 years of age, and the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Hoyle, Hodge Syke, Earby. He was wounded last October, and returned to France after four months’ recuperation in England. Altogether he had been two years at the Front, and was formerly an engine-tenter at Grove Shed, Earby.
Pte. John McIvor, Yorks. and Lancs. Regiment, killed in action on the same date (Aug. 25th), was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mclvor, 49, Albert Street, Earby. Called up in February last on attaining the age of 18 years, he went out to France in July. He was formerly employed by the Seal Manufacturing Co., Victoria Mill, Earby. One of his brothers has been discharged, and another is still serving.
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