Name
Albert Percy Hoye
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/11/1917
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
41937
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
2/6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY
II. E. 6.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the son of Albert and Elizabeth Hoye of Hitchin. His wife was Kate Gladys Hoye of 9, Bedford Road, Hitchin and who later remarried with the surname Wootten. He was born in Hitchin and enlisted there.
Wartime Service
Initially he was number M/282612 in the Royal Army Service Corps but later was posted as 41937 to the 2/6th Battalion of the West Yorks Regiment which was part of the 185th Brigade of the 62nd Division, IV Corps in the 3rd Army. He was killed in action in France.
The day of his death coincides with the opening day of the Battle of Cambrai and the Battalion was in the vicinity of Havrincourt on both sides of the Bapaume to Cambrai road. The 185th Brigade was commanded by Brigadier General the Viscount Hampden later Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. They were opposite the Havrincourt Salient. The 2/6th West Yorks had difficulty in clearing the outpost zone as it had not been shelled due to the proximity of the British lines. Also the tree stumps and fallen trunks in the eastern arm of Havrincourt Wood south east of Havrincourt village made it difficult for tanks. Nevertheless, the Battalion stormed the Hindenburg front trenches and entered Havrincourt from the east. Tanks arrived to help and by 10.15am all resistance in the village had been quelled. The Battalion lost 7 officers and 150 other ranks.
He is buried in Plot 2, Row E, Grave 6 in the Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery in France.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
