The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Hoadley

Private Joseph HOADLEY, G/2286, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after 13th July 1916, age 26.

Born Swanscombe, Gravesend, Kent, son of George Joseph & Mary Ann Hoadley, of 1 Ariel Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent.

1911 Census - 1 Ariel Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe, Kent - George G Hadley, head, age 55, married, engine driver, stationary, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Mary Ann Hoadley, wife, age 52, married 30 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Swanscombe, Kent; Leonard Hoadley, son, age 22, single, general labourer, cement works, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Joseph Hoadley, son, age 20, single, general labourer, cement works, worker, born Swanscombe, Kent; Mary Elizabeth Hoadley, daughter, age 18, single, born Swanscombe, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 23 years & 219 days, height 5ft 7½ inches, 151lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair. Formerly Loco driver.

Separation Allowance of 6/8 a week & Allotment of Pay of 2/4 a week, payable to mother.

Home, 7th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF 26th July 1915 to 13th July 1916.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 20th December 1915, wounded slightly, at Duty; 13th July 1916, posted wounded & missing.

10th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Joseph Hoadley, 1 Ariel Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe; Mother, Mary Ann Hoadley, 1 Ariel Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe; Brothers - Leonard Hoadley, age 30, 116 Milton Road, Swanscombe; Sisters - Johanna Hoadley, age 36?, ??????, NSW, Australia; Lena Crowther, age 33, 126 ????loch Road, Birmingham?; Mary Elizabeth Peterson, age 26, 73 Bloomfield Road, Swanscombe; Dorothy Reader?, age 24, 12 Factory Road, Northfleet; Nephews/Nieces - Leonard Hoadley, age 9, 1 Ariel Villas, Milton Road, Swanscombe; Mary Hoadley, age 3, 116 Milton Road, Swanscombe; Minnie Hoadley, age 1, 116 Milton Road, Swanscombe; George Peterson, age 1, 73 Bloomfield Road, Swanscombe.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France, and on Swanscombe War Memorial.