Name
George Hookham
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/05/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
81938
Durham Light Infantry
22nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SOISSONS MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Christchurch Memorial, Chorleywood(*1), Memorial Hall Plaque, Chorleywood(*1)
Pre War
Born in 1899 son of Herbert and Emily Hookham of 2 Chorley Wood Bottom, Hertfordshire. He was a railway parcel messenger.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Watford on 11 Sep 1917 formerly 38756 Private West Riding Regiment and was killed in action.
Additional Information
*1 This man appears to be the most likely man to be commemorated on these memorials, however some researchers suggest George Horace Hookham. In the future we hope to confirm which man is on the memorials and which is not.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
