William Heywood Hoyle

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

270022

Unit at enlistment:

215th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

St. Paul's United Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Greater Manchester, Rochdale

Address at enlistment:

12 St. Paul Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

12 St. Paul Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Textile worker

Employer:

Slingsby Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX January 13, 1936

William Heywood Hoyle

William H. Hoyle, 6 Edwin Street, passed away on Sunday night at his home. He was 51 years of age. He was a member of the Canadian Legion and was a Past President of Salisbury Lodge, Sons of England. He enlisted with the 215th Battalion, was transferred in England to the 125th and in France to the Princess Pats, with whom he served. He is survived by his widow and by four sisters and one brother in England. Born in England, Mr. Hoyle came to Brantford 23 years ago. The body is resting at the residence until Wednesday noon, and the funeral will be conducted Wednesday afternoon from the Beckett Funeral Home, with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. The funeral will be under the auspices of the Canadian Legion and Salisbury Lodge, S.O.E.

BX January 16, 1936

William Heywood Hoyle

The funeral of William H. Hoyle was conducted Wednesday afternoon from the Beckett Funeral Home, with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. The funeral was very largely attended. Canadian Legion comrades and members of Salisbury Lodge, Sons of England, attended in a body. The deceased had been a Pat President of Salisbury Lodge. At the funeral home a Sons of England service was in charge of George Godfrey as President and George Crooks as Chaplain. The Choir of St. Paul’s Anglican Church took part in the service, and an appropriate solo was rendered by R. Holman, with Mrs. G. Smith accompanying at the piano. Rev. H.W. Snell conducted the services at the funeral home and at the graveside. The pallbearers were: W. Gunn, W. Farnsworth, R. Farnsworth, O. Adamson, H. Harding and E. Stanbridge.