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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 is incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph Hoole, 202241, R. Lanc. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Joseph Hoole, 202241, 1/4th K.O.R.L.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Hoole, 202241, 1/4 Bn R. Lancas. Date and Place of Death: 23.11.17. Wounds. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Mary Ann. £2 7s. 8d. Brother - Frederick. £2 7s. 7d.: R. P., Preston. War Gratuity: Mother - Mary A. £3 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joseph. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Mary Ann Hoole. Relationship: Mother. Address: 280, Lancaster Road, Preston.
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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07 December 1917
HOOLE – November 23rd 1917, from wounds received in action on the Western Front, Private Joseph Hoole, King’s Own Lancaster Regiment, formerly of Barnoldswick, aged 25 years.
07 December 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – DIED OF WOUNDS
News has been received this week of the death in France of Pte. Joseph Hoole, King’s Own Lancaster Regiment, who succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds on the 23rd ult., having been hit in both legs, right arm and chest. Deceased, whose mother resides at Preston, was 25 years of age, and was formerly employed at the Barnsey Shed. He went out to France last May. During his stay in Barnoldswick he was connected with St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
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07 December 1917
HOOLE – Nov. 23rd, died from wounds, Pte. Joseph Hoole, of the Kings Own Lancaster Regiment, of Barnoldswick, aged 25.
07 December 1917
BARNOLDSWICK
DIED OF WOUNDS
News has been received this week of the death in France of Private Joseph Hoole, King’s Own Lancaster Regiment, who succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds on the 23rd ult., having been hit in both legs, right arm and chest. Deceased, whose mother resides at Preston, was 25 years of age, and was formerly employed by the Barnsey Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Barnsey Shed. He went out to France last May. During his stay in Barnoldswick he was connected with St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
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