Private 18903 John William HOVERD

Private 18903 John William Hoverd{gallery}Pte J W Hoverd{/gallery}8th Battalion, South Lancashire (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment
Killed in action in the 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

• CWGC Page for Private Hoverd
• Lonsdale Cemetery
• South Lancashire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1896 at Hook Norton, Oxford
  
• Lived at Bacon’s 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