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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
2nd Lt. George Augustus Hiskens
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Bath
Pte. Alexander Hislop
British Army 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:31 Graham Street, Johnstone, Scotland
(d.14th March 1916)
Surg.P. John Hislop
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Nessus
from:Wishaw
(d.31st May 1916)
John Hislop was serving as a surgeon probationer when he was killed aged 20 during the Battle of Jutland. He was the son of Mary Shaw Hislop of 211 Main St., Wishaw, Lanarkshire, and the late Peter Hislop.
Pte. William Hislop
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.25th Apr 1915)
William Hislop is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Burgher H. H. Hitchcock
South African Forces Geysers Commando Mounted Commandos
(d.8th November 1914)
Burgher Hitchcock is buried in the Olievenbosch Farm Cemetery, Limpopo, South Africa
Walter Sydney Hitchcock
British Army Highland Light Infantry
My Grandfather, Walter Sydney Hitchcock served in the Great War in the Highland Light Infantry. His older brothers also served in the army. He had 10 children, his son Bob served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War on HMS Hood and HMS Pandora.
A/L/Cpl. Ernest John Hitchen
British Army 1/4th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Burnham on Crouch
(d.20th August 1915)
Ernie Hitchen served in Gallipoli.
Pte. George Henry Hitchen
British Army 15th (Leeds Pals) Battalion Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hunslet, Leeds.
(d.1st July 1916)
My grandma, Eva Marshall (Nee Hitchen), had 3 brothers who served in the First World War, 2 survived. However, George Henry Hitchen was reported as missing presumed killed. He is is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial however I cannot find his name on any memorials in his home town.
Little is known about the family and I would love to hear from anyone who has further information. Are you a Hitchen or do you know of anyone called Hitchen? They lived in and around Hunslet (South Accomadation Road area). Any information would be appreciated.
Pte. George Henry Hitchen
British Army 15th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.1st July 1916)
My Great Uncle George Henry Hitchen was killed going over the top, unfortunately I cannot find him commemorated on any war memorial in Leeds.
Richard James Hitchen
British Army 152 Coy. Machine Gun Corps
(d.16th May 1917)
Richard James Hitchen was my wifes grandfather, he was reported missing in action on 16th of May 1917. Her mother was born two months prior and he never saw her. We've original of notification by his CO. of his status on 20th May. Handwritten on A5 size paper in pencil.
Pte. Hitchings
Pte. Frederick Bennett Hitchins
British Army 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Penzance, Cornwall
(d.29th April 1918)
Pte. Herbert Hitchon
British Army 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.13th Sep 1916)
Herbert Hitchon died on the 13th of September 1916, aged 24. Buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France, he was the son of John Robert and Mary Jane Hitchon, of 6 Watson St., Burnley, Lancs. Native of Burnley
Capt. Walter Hoad
British Army 23rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Brighton
Captain Walter Hoad was wounded with the 23rd Battalion on the 13th July 1916.
George Hoaen
British Army 2nd Btn. Cheshire Regiment
My father always said my Grandfather George Hoaen, who was in the Cheshires his number was 9204, was shipped from India in 1914 straight into battle still in their tropical kit. My Grandfather was fortunate to come through the war alive, though not uninjured he had a 20% disability pension. Subsequently, he served in the Royal Engineers, and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, before being demobbed in 1919.
Pte. J. Hoalaham
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Pte. William Hoar
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from: Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow
Private Hoar was the Son of E. Hore, of Kilree St., Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow.
He was 32 when he died on 4th November 1920 and is buried In the South-West part of the Sleaty Old Burial Ground, Sleaty, Co. Leix, Ireland.
Pte. Ralph John Hoare
British Army 1st Btn. The Rifle Brigade
from:Chipping Norton
(d.31st October 1916)
Ralph Hoare was my father's cousin. He was born out of wedlock and, by the time he went to war, his mother had passed away. In his informal will he left everything he owned to his friend Mr Harry Lane Bedington, Oxfordshire, his next door neighbor. A sad end to a young man who had never really lived.
Pte. Sidney George Frederick Hoare
British Army 14th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:79 Westover Road, Copnor, Portsmouth
(d.30th June 1916)
Sidney Hoare was my Great Uncle. He was born and lived during his early years in Lyme Regis, Dorset. His father was a Coastguard. The family later moved to Portsmouth, where they lived at the date of his death.
Sid was 23 when he died, he had no wife or children to remember him. I am writing this memorial to say he is not forgotten. Although, we never met. Sid is remembered by my brother and I. He was also remembered by his immediate family throughout their lives. There was always a photo of him, in pride of place in our Grandmother's (his sister) house.
William George Hoare
Royal Marines HMS Glory
from:Harlington, Middlesex
William Hoare served on HMS Glory from 9th of December 1917 until 28th of October 1918. He landed for active service at Murmansk on 7th of March 1918 and on the 18th of July 1918 he landed at Pechenga.
Rflmn. Harry Gardner Hoath
British Army 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Bexley, Kent
(d.16th Jul 1916)
Rifleman Harry Gardner Hoath received shell wounds to his leg on 11th July 1916; he later died from these wounds.
Pte. Martin Hoath
British Army 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.29th Aug 1916)
Martin Hoath, enlisted into the Army at the outbreak of the War. He was attached to the 11th Manchester Regiment. The regiment was deployed to the Dardenelles, where he took part in the Sulva Bay Landings Gallipolli. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, Martin went with his regiment to France. For some reason which has never been explained he was killed on the 29th of August 1916, whilst with the 21st Manchester Regiment who were deployed into trenches south of Delville Wood. He has no known grave and his service records were destroyed during the bombings in World War II. He left behind his wife Mary and four children all of school age. His name appears on the Theipval Memorial, France.
Pte. Thomas Hoather
British Army 1st Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Polegate, Sussex
(d.20th Apr 1918)
Pte. Fred A. Hobart 5685
British Army 1/8th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Cork, Co. Cork
(d.16th Dec 1916)
Fred Hobart was born on the 27th of May 1883 and was killed in Action in France on the 16th of December 1916.
Capt. Arthur Singleton Hobbs
Indian Army Indian Army Reserve of Officers
(d.16th October 1918)
Captain Hobbs was 48 when he died and is buried in the Mussoorie General Cemetery in India, Plot X. Grave 10.
Pte. Frederick Hobbs
British Army 2/4th Btn. West Surrey Regiment
from:39 Caversham Street, Chelsea
(d.18th Nov 1917)
Frederick Hobbs signed up on 7th of September 1914 with the 2/4th Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment. His battalion took part at Gallipoli and were evacuated to Egypt in December 1915. Between the end of 1915 and Frederick's admission to St Marks Hospital they did not take part in any further campaigns. He appeared on the WW1 casualty list on 26th of July 1916, and his presence at St Marks College was noted on his wife's court case on 31st of August 1916. Frederick subsequently returned to his battalion and died of malaria in Egypt on 18th of November 1917. He is buried in the Kantara CWGC Cemetery, Egypt.
Sgt. Herbert John Hobbs
British Army 19th Btn. London Regiment
from:St. Pancreas, London
(d.22nd March 1918)
Pte. J. E. Hobbs
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
(d.8th Jun 1917)
2nd Lt. John Hobbs
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
from:Colchester, Essex
(d.28th June 1915)
John Hobbs died of wounds sustained with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots, he was 26 years old. He was the son of William and Milly Rebecca Hobbs of Luton, Beds. and husband of Helen Coote Hobbs of 60 Constantine Road, Colchester, Essex. John is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
Sgt. Lionel Arthur Hobbs
British Army 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:47 Windmill Street, Rochester, Kent
My great uncle, Lionel Arthur Hobbs was born in Brenchley in Kent on the 13th February 1886 and on the 6th May 1887 his family emigrated to Canada. However they returned to England in 1892. He enlisted as a military bandsman (flute player) at Kneller Hall, Twickenham on the 15th March 1900 at the age of 14. He served in India at Rawalpindi from 1906 until 1912. He married Alice Rachel Philpott on the 14th June 1911, and their daughter Elsie Alice Eleanor Hobbs was born in Bombay on the 8th November 1912.
At the outbreak of the Great War he was on leave in England and sent to Le Havre, France on the 14th August 1914, just 17 days after war was declared. However he was taken prisoner only 10 days later. He was a prisoner of war at Senne in France until 20th December 1917 when he was transferred to Holland, and released after the end of hostilities in 1919. His military total service amounted to 19 years and 23 days. He died in Thanet, Kent in 1954.
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