HOOKS J.
John William Hook
Private 241040
1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
John William Hook died on 1st July 1916, aged 25 years, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Skegby on 23rd June 1891, to parents William & Catherine Hook. William Hook was a Colliery Labourer, and a native of Warsop, Notts. He married Catherine Stocks at St John's Church, Mansfield, in July 1890.
At the time of the 1901 census the family were living in Skegby. John William was their eldest child.
"Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
J. W. Hook, Mansfield Road, Skegby. Enlisted 4-8-14. M.G.C. Actions: France. Killed in action, July 1916.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
HOOK John William. Born Skegby, Notts. Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, (resides Shirebrook, Derbys). 1/6th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 241040, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 1st July 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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