Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery 298th Siege Battery

BORN WORLABY, LINCS 1885. ONLY SON OF GEORGE BRANTON HOODLASS (1859-1955) & JANE WITHERS HOODLASS (1864-1946). HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER CALLED GERTRUDE. HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE ANN TURNER (1887-1934), ON 04/05/1912, IN HULL. HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE LIVED AT 5 CARRINGTON AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). THEIR DAUGHTER, NORA […]

BORN WINTERINGHAM, LINCS 1888. ENLISTED HORNSEA. SON OF MR S & AGNES THORPE, WEST STREET, LEVEN. HE WAS GROOM TO THE RECTOR AT SIGGLESTONE. A MARRIED MAN. HIS BATTERY RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT AND HE WAS KILLED WITH FOUR OTHERS. HIS BROTHER SERVED IN THE SAME BATTERY BUT WAS AT REST CAMP AT THE TIME. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DA […]