Private 18903 John William Hoverd
Griff Colliery Memorial
Griff Colliery Memorial
Lonsdale Cemetery
Lonsdale Cemetery
South Lancashire Regiment
South Lancashire Regiment
Griff Name Plaque
Griff Name Plaque
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Killed in Action: Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 3rd July 1916, aged 20
- Buried: Lonsdale Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave III.Q.5
- Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
- Son of Joseph and Rebecca Hoverd
- NNWFHS Memorial: Griff Colliery | Nuneaton Other Regiments | Stockingford
Links to Relevant Information
1911 Census and Family History Information
- Born Apr Qtr 1896 at Hook Norton, Oxford
- Lived at Giles Cottages, Great Tew, Oxford [1901]
- Lived at Bacons End, Coleshill [1911]
- Lived at 7 John Street, Nuneaton [1915]
- Employed as a Farm Hand [1911]
- Employed as a Miner (at Griff Colliery) [1915]
- Enlisted 26 April 1915 at Nuneaton. Arrived in France with BEF on 29 Sep 1915
- John joined the Battalion on the same day as Pvt Harold Hodson and they died on the same day in the Battle of the Somme