Main CPGW Record
Surname: HOOSON
Forename(s): John Henry
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 40484
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 19th (Western) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1916-11-19
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IX. L. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Henry Hooson was the son of Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Hooson, formerly or née Richardson. Thomas was born at Halifax, Yorkshire and Mary at New House, Westmorland.
1901 Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire Census: Spen Brook - John H. Hoosin, aged 6 years, born Burnley, son of Thomas and Mary J. Hoosin.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 21, Thornton Street - John Henry Hooson, aged 16 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Mary Jane Hooson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John H. Hooson, 40484, North Staffordshire Regiment.
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:
HOOSON, J.H., aged 22, North Staffs. Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hooson, 54, Broughton Road, Skipton, killed in action Nov. 18, 1917.
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Private John Henry HOOSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 19th (Western) Division
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