BORN HULL 1873. ONLY CHILD OF THOMAS HOGARTH (1846-1877) AND ELLEN McDERMOTT (1849-1889).
MARRIED MARY JANE MAPLETHORPE (1874-1945), AT ST CHARLES CHURCH, HULL, ON 23/10/1896, AGED 24. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS AND A SON. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 130 LBS WEIGHT, 34-35.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/09/1914, STATING HIS AGE, AS 33 YEARS & 9 MONTHS (HE WAS 41) AND THAT HE HAD SERVED BEFORE (NO RECORD). HE HAD A NUMBER OF MISDEMEANOURS, DURING TRAINING, INCLUDING BEING DRUNK THREE TIMES, ABSENT FROM PARADE AND SWEARING AT A SUPERIOR OFFICER.
HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12604, 7TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915.
DIED OF HEART FAILURE, ON 09/01/1918, AGED 46, WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE. HE HAD SERVED FOR 3 YEARS AND 129 DAYS.
HE LEFT WIDOW MARY JANE HOGARTH, AT 48, PORTLAND PLACE , PORTLAND STREET, HULL, 1, LEPENTO AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND 4, FAITH TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 21/01/1918.
