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Surname: HOOLE
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Preston, Lancashire
Service No: 202241
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion
Division: 55th (West Lancashire) Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1917-11-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. F. 11.
CWGC Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Hoole was the son of Edward and Mary Ann Hoole, née Hodson. Both parents were born at Preston, Lancashire.
1891 Preston, Lancashire Census: 44, Bow Lane - Joseph Hoole, aged 2 months, born Preston, son of Edward and Mary Ann Hoole.
1901 Preston, Lancashire Census: 287, North Road - Joseph Hoole, aged 10 years, born Preston. [Joseph, his brother Frederick and their mother Mary A. Hoole, a widow, were living with her brother and sister-in-law, William and Mary E. Hodson.
1911 Preston, Lancashire Census: 280, Lancaster Road - Joseph Hoole, aged 20 years, born Preston, son of Mary Ann Hoole, widow.
The British Army Service Record for Joseph Hoole exists but may be incomplete.
A short biography of Joseph is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
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:
HOOLE, Joseph, aged 25 years, [Barnoldswick], K.O.R.L. Regt., died of wounds Nov. 23.
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Private Joseph HOOLE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 55th (West Lancashire) Division
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