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HERBERT JOHN USHER HOTHAM
BORN HULL 1889. ONLY CHILD OF ROBERT THOMAS HOTHAM (1855-1907) & ELEANOR MARTHA HOTHAM (1861-1912), OF 1 HARWOODS PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 5, OTTERBURN STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. SON OF A RAILWAY CARTER. HE WORKED AS A LEATHING BELTING AND HOSE MAKER. (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 242539, EAST SURREY REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE LOYAL NORTH LANCS REGIMENT. KILLED AT PASCHENDAELE, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
UNMARRIED & BOTH PARENTS DECEASED, HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS TWO AUNTS, EDITH & LAURA EDSON. THEY WERE HIS MOTHER'S SISTERS, WHO HELPED RAISE HIM.
| Name | Herbert John Usher Hotham |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorkshire, 1889 |
| Death Date | 26 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Passchendaele - Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
| Battalion | 4 5th Battalion (Territorial Force) |
| Regimental Number | 30173 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 242539, East Surrey Regt |
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