Name
Albert Hoye
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
5075
Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Albert appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish records suggest only one man of this name who could have served, and he was born on February 14th 1877 to Elijah and Eliza Taylor Hoye (née Holes). He would have been thirty-nine when he enlisted. Baptism and census records list twelve children, but by 1911 one had died: Emma (bapt 1866), James (bapt 1867), Ann (bapt 1869), Harry (bapt 1871), Charles (bapt 1875), Albert (b 1877), Arthur (b 1873, d 1881, aged eight), Ellen (b 1880), William (b c1883), Lois (b 1884), Arthur (b 1888) and Elizabeth (b 1891). The Hertfordshire Express of May 19th 1917 reports that three brothers with the surname Hoye were serving; Albert and Arthur were two of them and William at thirty-one in 1914 was the third. The photograph of the three brothers was provided by Jen Szatkowski from Texas who is Albert’s granddaughter.
In 1911, Elijah and Emily were retired and living, with their son William and grandson Peter Sexton in Workhouse Yard (somewhere near the junction of the High Street and Walnut Tree Road).
Albert had married Emily Dawson in 1899 and, in 1911 they were living near his parents, also in Workhouse Yard. They had five children: Annie (b c1900), James (b c1902), Ethel (b c1905), Grace (b c1907) and Cyril (b c1910). Albert earned his living as a farm labourer on one of the local farms.
When he went to war he was married and a family man. The Parish Magazine of July 1916 records him as having enlisted since March 2nd 1916 and serving in the 10th Suffolks. By 1918, he is recorded as Private 5075, 6th Battalion, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment, with his home address as around Little Green.
Additional Information
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
Acknowledgments
Jen Szatkowski. Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission.
