Thomas Hoe

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
270428
Unit at enlistment: 
215th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 30th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery - Nord, France - C.27
Commemorated at: 
Massey-Harris Memorial Plaque (Toronto)
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Leicestershire
Birth city: 
Loughborough
Address at enlistment: 
53 Duke Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
53 Duke Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
32

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. He took part in the attack on Cambrai and was last seen alive when leaving the “jumping off” position. Most of his Company became casualties and no further details of the circumstances under which he met his death are available.

BX October 23, 1918

Mrs. Lucy Hoe, 105 Cayuga Street, has been advised that her husband, Private Thomas Hoe was killed in action on September 30. Private Hoe left here with the 215th Battalion. When the news was received Mrs. Hoe was ill from the prevailing influenza, rendering the sad intelligence particularly distressing.