Joseph Hoole died of wounds on this day in 1917

Joseph Hoole was born in Preston in 1892, the son of Edward and Mary Ann (neé Hodson).

At the 1891 Census, ages 2, Joseph ('Jos') lived at home (44 Bow Lane, Preston) with his parents, older brother Frederick and a lodger (his mother's brother). Both parents worked in a local cotton mill.

His father died in April 1897 when Joseph was still only five years old. Fred joined the Territorials when he was 18, as did Joseph when he was old enough.

At the 1911 Census, age 22, Joseph was working in a cotton mill and lived at home with his widowed mother, an uncle and aunt while Fred had left home - he was working as a tobacconist and was married with a young family of his own.

In May 1917, Joseph was sent out to France; he fought in the Third Battle of Ypres and at Cambrai where he was seriously wounded in both legs, right arm and chest.

He died of these injuries in a Casualty Clearing Station on 23 November 1917 and is now buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme.

202241 Pte Joseph Hoole, 1/4th Bn King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt)