Corporal 9047 Henry John HOVERD

Corporal 9047 Henry John Hoverd{gallery}Cpl H J Hoverd{/gallery}C Company, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of St. Quentin, 2nd Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 22nd March 1918, aged 26

• Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 5
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Edward and Hannah Hoverd [nee Willlett]
  
• Husband of Rose Hoverd [nee Aucott]. Married Sep Qtr 1916
• Brother of Driver 1181 Leonard J Hoverd
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments
  

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Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Cpl H J Hoverd
• Arras Memorial
• Leicestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1893 at Rothersthorpe, Northants
  
• Lived at 7 Mill View, Hinckley [1901]
  
• Lived at Talavera Barracks, Aldershot [1911]
  
• Lived at 41 Victoria Street, Nuneaton [1918]
• Employed as a hosiery hand [1910]
• Employed as a regular soldier [1911]
  
• Enlisted 13 Oct 1910 at Leicester