Name
Harold Hocben (poss Hogben)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/07/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266128
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
VI. C. 11.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Gilston Village Memorial, Gilston,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Harold was born in Folkestone, Kent in 1896, one of three children born to James and Selina Hogben. In 1911, he was living with his parents at School Cottages, Gilston, Herts and working as a Gardener / Domestic.
Although the text above suggest he was born in Folkestone, the Soldiers Died in the Great War records that it was Gilston and that he was living there when he enlisted in Hertford.
Wartime Service
Harold joined the Hertfordshire Regiment and was given the Service Number 3795. He arrived in France on 10/07/1915, at some point (probably in 1917) his Service Number was changed to 266128.
Harold died at Number 3 Casualty Clearing Station, based in Grevillers, France, on 29/07/17 and was buried in the nearby cemetery.
Additional Information
His surname is spelt incorrectly as Hocben on the War Memorial
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild, Stuart Osborne.
