Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookPHER THOMAS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 5691), 180094, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HOOD, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294844, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HOOD, LEWIS REGINALD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16032, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HOOD, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3465, 12th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of the late Richard Hood, of Tranent, Coal Miner (died 30 Aug. 1912); _b._ Tranent, East Lothian, 12 Sept. 1867; educ. Tranent Public School; and was with the South East of Scotland Militia for the training when war broke out; enlisted 11 Aug. 1914; went to France and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ =HOOD, STUART CLINK=, L.-Corpl., No. 21847, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of William Hood, of 61, Cowane Street, Stirling, by his wife, Helen, dau. of William Clink; _b._ Stirling, 24 Sept. 1880; educ. Territorial Public School; joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Volunteers in 1898, and served with a Volunteer Contingent of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the latter stages of the South African War, and received the Queen's medal with four clasps. He emigrated to Canada in Oct. 1905, and latterly held a responsible position in the Saskatchewan State Telephone Service. When the European War broke out, he at once volunteered, and joined the 5th Battn. at Regina in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent, Sept. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914-5; went to France early in Feb. 1915; served through the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and in the various engagements in the spring of that year, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, after his Battn. had carried out a successful attack on a strongly fortified position known as K5. A comrade wrote: "On the morning of 24 May, our regt. made a charge, captured our objective, and held it in spite of a heavy bombardment until relieved. Early in the morning Stuart went out into the open and brought in a badly wounded man, and a few minutes later assisted in bringing another wounded man to safety in spite of great danger, and immediately after was hit by a sniper at a low part of the parapet. His loss is greatly felt, not only by myself who was his friend, but by all his platoon, who had all learned to love and respect such a fine manly spirited comrade." Buried in an orchard at Rue de L'Epinette, on the right of the road from Rue du Bois; _unm._ [Illustration: =Stuart Clink Hood.=] =HOOKE, JOHN HUON=, Sergt., No. 274, C Coy., 6th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, elder _s._ of the late Charles Frederick Hooke, of Auburn, Victoria, Manager, N.Z.L. & M.A. Co., by his wife, Maude (Ravenshoe, Ravenswood, Victoria, Australia), dau. of John Francis Huon Mitchell, of Ravenswood, an authority on the Australian native races; _b._ Thurgoona, Auburn, 6 Oct. 1889, and was in the Bank of Australasia. He volunteered immediately when war was declared, joined the 6th Battn. 2nd week in Aug. 1914, was promoted Sergt., left Australia with the Main Force and died from wounds received in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. Sergt. (now Lieut.) D. A. McLean, of his company, wrote: "I was near your husband when he was hit. We had just got into the firing line on the first day of landing (25 April), when he was shot through the leg, but refused to leave his post. About an hour afterwards he was shot through the head, and remained unconscious from the moment he was hit till he died. Everything that was possible was done for him, but his case was hopeless from the first. Before he was killed, Sergt. Hooke did some very good work, proving himself a very brave man and good soldier. We all feel proud that he belonged to our company. During the nine months he was with us he won for himself the esteem and regard of every member of the company, and, believe me, we all regret his death very much." He _m._ on the eve of embarkation, at Holy Trinity Church, Kew, Victoria, 17 Oct. 1914, Florence Constance Phipps (22, Grandview Grove, Armadale, Victoria), dau. of William Huon, of Kerilliere, Wodonga, Victoria, and granddau. of Paul Huon, a French squatter. [Illustration: =John Huon Hooke.=] =HOOKER, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10125), 205654, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =HOOKER, HENRY GEORGE=, Private, No. 11123, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Ypres, 29 July, 1915. =HOOKHAM, HENRY CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2137), 207156, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HOOKHAM, JAMES=, otherwise =DAVID=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 180225, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HOOKHAM, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8015), 309231, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HOOPER, DAVID=, Cook's Mate, M. 5524, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HOOPER, DAVID ERNEST=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., eldest _s._ of Dr. David Hooper, of Weston-super-Mare, F.I.C., F.C.S., F.L.S., late Economic Botanist to Government of India, by his wife, Hannah Carr, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Evans, of Mussoorie, U.P., India; _b._ Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, India, 21 Nov. 1893; educ. Switzerland, Birkenhead, Weston-super-Mare and Bristol University; was to have entered the P. W. Department, India, but volunteered on the outbreak of war, and while waiting for a commission was actively engaged with the O.T.C. at Bristol; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd East Lancashires, 10 Oct. 1914; went to France, 14 March, and joined his regt. at Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action near Fromelles, at midnight, 30 April, 1915, while inspecting patrol; _unm._ Buried in La Trou Cemetery, in the Rue Petillon, near Neuve Chapelle. He was specially praised by Sir Francis Davies, the General of his Division, for his bravery and good work. In a letter to Dr. Hooper he said: "You will, I am sure, not be surprised to hear that he gave great promise, and had secured the approbation of his seniors by the way he was doing his work." He distinguished himself as an amateur in Wireless Telegraphy, gaining the Marconi Company's 2nd Prize in Britain in 1914. [Illustration: =David Ernest Hooper.=] =HOOPER, GEORGE ALBERT=, Private, No. 9924, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 30 March, 1915. =HOOPER, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 93606, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 16 May, 1915. =HOOPER, THOMAS EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9526), 209135, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. |