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Lancashire / Re: Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion WW1
« on: Wednesday 22 February 17 16:10 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: theredbishop on Tuesday 21 February 17 20:13 GMT (UK)
Hello Kate
On your tree, which of Percy's siblings are you related to.
Are you specifically after info on Percy or the Hooples' in general.
I knew my grandmother and she always had tales of them all growing up at the family shop on Everton Road. The regiment Percy joined was a few doors down from the shop and the old barracks still exists. The Liverpool Echo were trying to save it, there's an article on line.
My mother (Gertrudes daughter) died last year and I've still a number of boxes to go through. Seem to remember seeing a photo of Percy which will be in there somewhere........but it may take sometime to find.
Paul

Hi Paul,

Eric Hoople, my grandfather, was the second son from William's second marriage, making Percy his half brother and my great uncle. Grandad was born in 1921. We don't know how well he knew his half siblings, but he mentioned the shop, and according to mum he used to speak of one of them, I think it was Bertha.
We are interested in all of the Hooples, but Percy particularly intrigued us due to his service in WW1. We still live in Liverpool and regularly pass Everton Road and his old barracks. I'd be amazing to see a picture of him! (if and when you find one)

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Lancashire / Re: Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion WW1
« on: Tuesday 21 February 17 17:53 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: theredbishop on Friday 17 February 17 18:05 GMT (UK)

Kate - I know it's 4 years since your post but hopefully you get to read this.
Was searching for where my grandmother grew up and eventually arrived here.
Her name was Gertrude Hoople......sister to Percy.  So we must have some distant connection.
Feel sure I would have some interesting family info for you that's been passed down.

@theredbishop, thanks for replying! I've not got much further with Percy in all that time since posting this. I checked our tree and Gertrude is indeed on there. I have no info for her besides a census with them all on. It'd be great if you could share what you've found!

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Lancashire / Re: Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion WW1
« on: Friday 15 November 13 21:43 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the welcomes everyone!  :) And for replying so quickly, didn't expect so many so soon!

Blue: I do live in Liverpool but I'm down in London at uni at the mo, sadly being a poor student I couldn't afford ancestry and had to cancel. Didn't know you could access it at the libraries, I'll be sure to check it out next time I'm home. Saving the records is a great idea too. I'll bare that other forum in mind too.

CaroleW: I've been on cwgc and found his grave but didn't see the pdf so I'll have a look. Where did you find that out about his discs, was that on Ancestry? The plot thickens!

Milly: Sorry I'm not really familiar with all the military organisation, brigades and divisions and all that, could you explain it to me a bit? He's marked as that battalion on his grave so I think he stayed, whether or not he moved around in between I don't know until I can get a look at his papers. That's great the diaries are up for download, I'll definitely be getting those. I saw they're at the museum in Liverpool so I'll be sure to have a look when I'm next up there.

Stephen Nulty: That's great to finally know what he was doing that day. From what I understand Ecoust was a village, is that right?

This is the photo I found, both on ww1photos.com and liverpoolremembrance.com
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uF1vddxFoSg/SygBMhw2kzI/AAAAAAAAAkE/SfW8wXM9nQM/s800/Signallers%20Of%20The%20Kings%20Liverpool%20Regiment.jpg

ww1photos.com says it's signallers of the regiment, while the user on the other site said it was just the battalion, can anyone clarify?

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Lancashire / Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion WW1
« on: Thursday 14 November 13 23:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find out a bit more about a soldier called Percy Hoople, killed in France during the First World War, who would've been my great uncle. I've been looking into my family history recently and found him. Here's what I know so far:

Born around 1895 in Liverpool
Enlisted on 4th August (possibly September? I can't access the record anymore to check :( ) 1914, aged 19. Served in the Kings Liverpool Regiment, 13th battalion.
Rank: Private
Number: 15797
Died 31st August 1918
Buried at Ecoust-St Mein Cemetery, France, in the Pas De Calais Area

We don't have any surviving documents of his at all, and there are sadly no living relatives of ours who would have anything of his. Anything we found out was from ancestry.com, on there we found his service record and death record and little else. Does anybody know where I can find any more information on him? I've searched online without much luck. I'm after things like where the battalion was posted on the day he died/what was happening, and other movements of the battalion throughout the war. A photograph of the battalion would be brilliant, I did find one on liverpoolremembrance.weebly.com that another user had posted, but I have no guarantee that it is the 13th battalion, or any idea which one is him if he is indeed in the picture somewhere. Even better would be an individual photo of him, which I understand is probably a long shot. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Kate

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