HOOLEY

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	David and Harriett Hooley	Yes
Where born	Uttoxeter		Yes		5
When born	About 1881				3
Address	Parents: Uttoxeter	Yes			5
Address	Carter Street, Uttoxeter			6a, 6b, 6c	5
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up	Messrs. Phillips and Sons, of Market Place, Uttoxeter.			6a, 6b	5
Employment Before Joining up	Painter for Messrs. Phillips and Sons, of Market Place, Uttoxeter.			6c
Where enlisted	Uttoxeter		Yes
Regiment	North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s)	Yes	Yes	6a, 6b, 6c	5
Unit	2^nd/6^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
Unit	2/6^th (T.F.) Bn				5
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes	6a, 6b, 6c	5
Service Number	45768	Yes	Yes		5
Date of Death	26 April 1918	Yes	Yes	6c	5
Age at time of death	37	Yes
Where Killed or died	Mons
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Died of Wounds		Yes	6c	5
How he died	Died of wounds – severe gunshot wound to the knee			6c
Location of Grave or Memorial	Mons Communal Cemetery Grave IX. B. 8.	Yes
Location of Grave or Memorial	Uttoxeter Town War Memorial				5
Awards

Four of his brothers also served^{5, 6a, 6b} during the war and they survived. One served in Egypt, one in Mesopotamia and two in France (or Flanders)^6c.

We do not know when he went to the Western Front, but it cannot have been long before he was killed; there was only about 11 months between his enlisting and his death, and during this period he will have spent several months in basic training.

In April 1918 the Uttoxeter Advertiser^6a reported the fact that John and Private W. T. Ollerenshaw had been reported as missing. They had both formerly been employed by Messrs Philips and Sons, of Market Place, Uttoxeter^6a. Details later emerged that he had been taken prisoner on 21^st March 1918^6c, the opening day of the German Spring Offensives. He had received a severe gunshot wound to his knee^6c.

In July 1918 the Uttoxeter Advertiser^6b then reported that he was now a Prisoner of War in Germany. His parents had received a letter from him stating that he was badly wounded, but was being treated and was progressing favourably.

Three months later, in October 1918, the Uttoxeter Advertiser reported his death^6c. Whilst he had previously been thought to be progressing satisfactorily, he had actually died in hospital at Mons on 26^th April^6c, only a month after he had been taken prisoner.