Name
Joseph Hinson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/11/1917
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
201174
Essex Regiment
1st/4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GAZA WAR CEMETERY
XXIX. B. 15
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
UK & Other Memorials
Stanstead Abbotts Village Memorial
Pre War
Born in 1889 and lived in the North Wing of Stanstead Bury Farm with his parents Charles and Susan plus 4 brothers and 4 sisters. His father was the farm foreman and Joseph was a domestic under gardener.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment, transferred to Essex Regiment, 4th Battalion. Enlisting prior to March 1915 he may have fought in Gallipoli, before being evacuated and posted to Egypt, where the unit remained for the rest of the war. On 2nd November 1917 the 4th Battalion attacked Belan Ridge, as part of the 3rd Battle of Gaza. They moved up Gun Hill at 2300 the night before and at 0400, following a heavy artillery barrage they attacked. They captured the Turkish trench after heavy fighting but were forced back after a counter attack. Joseph was killed the following day.
Acknowledgments
Terry Collins
