BORN BRADFORD 1887. SON OF JAMES HOULT (1860-1925) AND MARY JANE HABBERSHAW (1865-1924), OF 4 KEELING ENTRY, MYTONGATE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS.
EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED ADA MARY COULSON AT HULL IN 1909. HIS WIFE ADA MARY HOULT, LIVED AT 2. WAVERLEY PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), & 4, HENRY TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 515 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 50TH MACHINE GUN COPRS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, WHO MOVED TO 39, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSS).
HE IS BURIED AT AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY PURPOSE LORD WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT’S DONE BY THEE. R.I.P.”
| Name | Edward Hoult |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Bradford, Yorkshire |
| Death Date | 10 Apr 1918 |
| Death Place | AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Machine Gun Corps Infantry, 50th Company |
| Battalion | (Infantry) |
| Regimental Number | 139781 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 515, E. Yorks Regt. |
