HOCKLEY FAMILY HISTORY

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G. H. Hockley
Private
21869
6th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment
Died on Monday, 17th July 1916. Age 32.
Son of Francis and Ellen Hockley, of Gt. Bealings, Suffolk; husband of Mrs. M. A. Hockley, of 2, Hillside, Stonebridge, London.
Cemetery: BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France

George Hockley
Private
701675
2nd/23rd Bn., London Regiment
Died on Sunday, 31st March 1918. Age 30.
Son of George and Mary Hockley, of 2, Britannia Place, Plough Rd., Battersea, London.
Memorial: JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel

George William Hockley
Private
26909
4th Bn., South Wales Borderers
Died on Wednesday, 27th June 1917.
Additional Information: while a Prisoner of War and is buried at Mosul.
Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq

Gordon Hockley

NATIONAL ARCHIVES of CANADA
Soldiers of the First World War – Canadian Expeditionary Force
Regimental Number: 13158
Reference: RG 150, Acc. 1992-93/166, Box 4404 – 16
Personal records available from the National Archives Attestation Paper - Front    Attestation Paper - Back

Gordon A. L. Hockley

NATIONAL ARCHIVES of CANADA
Soldiers of the First World War – Canadian Expeditionary Force
Regimental Number: 2140017
Reference: RG 150, Acc. 1992-93/166, Box 4404 – 17
Personal records available from the National Archives Particulars of Recruit

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Harry Thomas Hockley
Private
5803
18th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Died on Thursday, 20th September 1917. Age 31.
Son of Henry Hockley and the late Elizabeth Hockley. Native of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Henry Hockley

NATIONAL ARCHIVES of CANADA
Soldiers of the First World War – Canadian Expeditionary Force
Regimental Number: 2731056
Reference: RG 150, Acc. 1992-93/166, Box 4404 – 19
Personal records available from the National Archives Attestation Paper - Front     Attestation Paper - Back

Henry Hockley

Private Henry Hockley
1891 - 1917
447717
14th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regt.)
Died on Monday, 9th April 1917.
NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY, THELUS, Pas de Calais, France

Additional Information:
Submitted by: Darlene Heal
Henry Hockley, born on 22 March 1891, in Antelope, Oregon, USA. The son of Daniel (Richard) Hockley and Mary Alice Nunn. At age 12, his family immigrated to Canada (then the North West Territories), they settled in the Big Valley District, Alberta. At the beginning of World War I, Henry answered the call to arms and joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on October 19, 1915. He served until his death in The Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917, age 26 years. Private Henry Hockley of the 14th Battalion is remembered with honor at the Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Arras, France.

BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE
Inscribed on page 257 from the First World War Book of Remembrance (1917) is the name of Private Henry Hockley, 14th Battalion.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES of CANADA
Soldiers of the First World War – Canadian Expeditionary Force
Henry Hockley
Regimental Number: 447717
Reference: RG 150, Acc. 1992-93/166, Box 4404 – 18 Attestation Paper - Front    Attestation Paper - Back
Copy of this file is in the possession of Darlene Heal

Henry Hockley
Ordinary Seaman
P/JX383344
H.M.M.G.B. 607, Royal Navy
Died on Monday, 25th October 1943. Age 19.
Son of William and Edith Hockley, of Cubitt Town, London.
Cemetery: EAST LONDON CEMETERY, PLAISTOW, Essex, United Kingdom

Henry Herbert Hockley
Company Serjeant Major
109
1st/13th Kensington Bn., London Regiment
Died on Sunday, 9th May 1915.
Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium

Herbert Henry Hockley

Herbert Henry Hockley

1922-1945

Photo: National Archives of Canada

Flight Sergeant
R/104233
Air Gnr.
429 Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force
Enlistment Date: July 8, 1941

Born: July 8, 1922 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Died on Friday, 23rd February 1945. Age 23.
Son of Charles W. Hockley and Kate L. Hockley, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; husband of Jean Hockley, of Halifax.

Father: Charles William Hockley born in Sussex, England

Mother: Kate Louise Ashby born in England
Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE
Inscribed on page 525 from the Second World War Book of Remembrance (1945) is the name of FS Herbert Henry Hockley, RCAF.

National Archives of Canada PDF Service File for Herbert Henry Hockley R104233 This file contains 167 images and can be downloaded by clicking on the above link.

Horace Hockley
Rifleman
321584
1st/6th Bn., London Regt (City of London Rifles)
Died on Friday, 30th November 1917.
Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France

Horace George Hockley
Corporal
505109
11th Bn., Canadian Engineers
Died on Friday, 8th November 1918.
Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France

BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE
Inscribed on page 430 from the First World War Book of Remembrance (1918) is the name of Corporal Horace George Hockley M.M., 11th Battalion Canadian Engineers.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES of CANADA
Soldiers of the First World War – Canadian Expeditionary Force
Horace George Hockley
Regimental Number: 505109
Reference: RG 150, Acc. 1992-93/166, Box 4404 – 20
Personal records available from the National Archives Attestation Paper - Front     Attestation Paper - Back

Military Medals, Honours and Awards (1812-1969) - National Archives of Canada:

MM - Military Medal

March 13, 1918

Hubert George Hockley
Lieutenant
124133
4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment
Died on Saturday, 14th February 1942. Age 31.
Son of Ernest Albert and Emily Hockley; husband of Kathleen Guiver Hockley, of Banstead, Surrey.
Cemetery: KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore

Hockley Family History