J. O. Holman
Service no. R/35467
Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 17th Battalion
CWGC: “Son of Sarah Jane Holman, of 45, Jeffreys Road, Clapham, London.”
Killed in action on 3 June 1917, aged about 21
Remembered at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
Brother of Alfred Harold Holman.
A. E. Hogg
Service no. S/12345
Private, Seaforth Highlanders, 1st Battalion
Killed in action age 29 on 5 November 1917
CWGC: “Son of Edward Hogg, of 56 Sidney Road, Stockwell, London, and the late Jessie Mary Hogg (nee Skepelhorn).”
Remembered at Basra Memorial, Iraq
Information from the 1911 census
Edward (aka Alfred Edward) Hogg, 55, a mercantile clerk born in Bermondsey, and his wife Jessie Mary Hogg, 48, born in Blackfriars, lived at 56 Sidney Road, Stockwell with 8 of their 9 children (Alfred Edward Hogg was missing from the household). Two children had died by 1911.)
Ethel Josephine Hogg, 27, a shirt machinist, born in Stockwell
Edith hogg, 26, a shirt machinist, born in Stockwell
WInifred Jessie Hogg, 24, a clerk, born in Stockwell
Alice Mary Hogg, 21, a typist, born in Stockwell
Ernest Leonard Hogg, 16, a “boy clerk”, born in Southwark
Elsie Kathleen Hogg, 13, born in Southwark
Amy Lillian Hogg, 11, born in Southwark
Eric Douglas Hogg, 6, born in Southwark
Information from Roots Web
Jessie Skepelhorn was born in 1863 at at 127 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, Surrey, married Alfred Edward Hogg, a wharf clerk, born in Bermondsey, at St Saviour, Southwark, and died in Lambeth in 1915, aged 52. Alfred and Jessie had eight children, listed in the 1901 census at which point the family was living at 81 St George Road, Southwark:
Ethel Josephine Hogg, born 1884 at Clapham. In the 1901 census she is described as a shirt-maker.
Edith Nellie Hogg, born 1885 at Clapham, also described as a shirt-maker.
Winifred Jessie Hogg, born 1886 at Clapham
Alfred Hogg, born in 1888 at Clapham
Alice Mary Hogg, born in 1889 at Clapham
Ernest Cecil, born 1892 in Southwark
Elsie Kathleen Hogg, born 1897 in Southwark
Amy Lilian Hogg, born 1899 at Southwark
In 1901 Cecil H. Skepelhorn, Jessie’s brother lodged with the family. He was a 19-year-old general labourer, born in 1881, married in 1907, which was also the year of his death. The Skepelhorn family originated in Overton, Wiltshire.
In 1891 the family was living at 17 Market Place in Stockwell.
J. E. Hobbs
Service no. 970079
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, Reinf. Base Depot
Born in London; enlisted in London
Died age 20 on 19 September 1917
CWGC: “Son of Joseph Edward and Edith Hobbs, of 62, Hargwyne Street, Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece
Information from the censuses
In 1911 Joseph Edward Hobbs, 39, a fitter’s mate for an electrical light company, and his wife Edith Hobbs, 35, lived in 3 rooms at 62 Hargwyne Street, with their three sons: Fred Hobbs, 16, a messenger boy; Edward Hobbs (the J. E. Hobbs listed on the Stockwell memorial), 13; and Henry Hobbs, 11. The parents, Joseph and Edith, were both born in Paddington, Fred in St Pancras and the younger two brothers in North Kensington.
A. Hine
Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 280th Bde.
Service no. 925397
Died of wounds on 7 September 1917
“Son of Thomas George and Frances Hine, of 24, Union St., Clapham, London.”
Brother of William Frederick Hine
Remembered at Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, south-east London
Information from the 1911 census
Alfred and William F. Hine were sons of licensed victuallers Thomas Hine, 51, born in St. Pancras, north London and Frances Hine, 46, born in Bethnal Green, east London. There were six children:
Florence Hine, 21, assisting in the business, born in St. Pancras
Thomas Hine, 19, an upholsterer, born in St. Pancras
William F. Hine, 17, a shop assistant, born in Bethnal Green
Alfred Hine, 15, an engineer’s assistant, born in Bethnal Green
Ellen Hine, 13, born in Stockwell
A daughter, Elizabeth Hine, 22, lived elsewhere.
In 1911 the family was living in nine rooms at 36 Grove Road, Upper Holloway. In 1901, however, they were living at 15 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth.
A. C. Hillyer
Service no. 44401
Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, 15th Battalion, formerly 8507, London Regiment
Killed in action on 6 August 1917
Remembered at Wieltje Farm Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium
Tentative identification.
J. T. Hills
Rifleman, London Regiment, 1st/17th Battalion
Born in Chelsfield, Kent; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell
Died of wounds age 38 on 30 November 1917
CWGC: “Son of Tom and Elizabeth Hills, of Well Hill, Chelsfield, Kent; husband of Emma Harriet Hills, of 31 Hargwyne Street, Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquieres, France
NATIONAL ROLL OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
HILLS, J. T., Rflmn., 1/17th London Regt. (Rifles)
He joined in 1916, and in the same year embarked for France. Whilst on the Western Front he fought in the Battle of the Somme and in an engagement at St. Eloi. He died gloriously on the Field of Battle at Arras in November 1917, and was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals.
“And doubtless he went in splendid company.”
31, Hargwyne Street, Stockwell Road, S.W.9.
Information from the 1911 census
John Thomas Hills was a dustman. In 1911, aged 31, he lived with his wife Emma Hills, who was from Crockenhill, Kent in 3 rooms at 31 Hargwyne Street, Stockwell. They had one child: Dorothy Hills, 6, who was born in Lambeth.