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WILLIAM HAROLD HOYLES
Skidby WW1 Memorial, St Michael's Church,
79 Main Street, Skidby. List the names of 42 men who served, including 6 killed in WW1
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF GEORGE AND ELIZABETH HOYLES, OF SKIDBY, EAST YORKSHIRE.
HE LIVED IN BARNBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. HUSBAND OF ANNIE ELIZABETH LILLWALL (1871-1948), OF 8 FAIRVIEW TERRACE, BARNBY. THEY HAD ONE SON, GEORGE.
HE MANAGED A CONFECTIONARY FACTORY, IN DONCASTER, LIVING AT 3 Cheswold Cottage Marsh Gate Doncaster, (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN DONCASTER. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 37232, LEICESTER REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND LINCOLN REGIMENT. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 19/10/1917, AGED 35.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SKIDBY WW1 MEMORIAL.
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