8938 Private William Hore.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
2nd Battalion.
aged 32.
Son of E. Hore, Kilree Street, Bagenalstown.
He served as Hore, but the family appears to have later used the name of Hoare, and his death was registered as Hoare.
There is some confusion on his birth certificate, which seem to have been caused by the midwife (Mary McDonnell) who registered his birth. She was illiterate, and signed her name with an "X"
William Hore, son of William Hore and Eliza Hore, formerly McGrath, was born on 29 October 1886, at Sleaty Street, Graigue, Queen's Co. [now Laois]
His father was a Coal Merchant.
In the 1901 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 48, a Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 44
Their children,
William, son, aged 14, a Labourer,
Joe, son, aged 12,
John, son, aged 8,
Mary, daughter, aged 12,
Keatie, daughter, aged 5,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
In the 1911 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 68, a General Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 62, married,
They had been married 25 years and had 5 children, all of whom were alive.
Their children,
Mary Moore, daughter, aged 21, a Boot Factory Hand
John, son, aged 19, a General Labourer,
Catherine, daughter, aged 14, a Boot Factory Hand,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
William could not be found in the 1911 census.
Death.
William Hoare, aged 35, a bachelor, a Pensioner, died on 4 November 1920, at the Special Surgical Hospital, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
The cause of death was "Gunshot Wound of Head, on active service in France, 6 years 9 days, Abcess of Brain, several months, certified.
If this is correct, William was injured during the First Battle of Ypres, where the regular British Army ("the Old Contemptibles") held up the German advance across Belgium in the first months of World War 1.
Private William Hore
is named on
Grangegorman Memorial
in Dublin
on which those whose graves were unmarked or could not be maintained, were commemorated.
His brother
Private Joseph Hoare
also died in WW1, on 5 December 1917 at Cambrai, France, serving in the Irish Guards.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
2nd Battalion.
aged 32.
Son of E. Hore, Kilree Street, Bagenalstown.
He served as Hore, but the family appears to have later used the name of Hoare, and his death was registered as Hoare.
There is some confusion on his birth certificate, which seem to have been caused by the midwife (Mary McDonnell) who registered his birth. She was illiterate, and signed her name with an "X"
William Hore, son of William Hore and Eliza Hore, formerly McGrath, was born on 29 October 1886, at Sleaty Street, Graigue, Queen's Co. [now Laois]
His father was a Coal Merchant.
In the 1901 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 48, a Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 44
Their children,
William, son, aged 14, a Labourer,
Joe, son, aged 12,
John, son, aged 8,
Mary, daughter, aged 12,
Keatie, daughter, aged 5,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
In the 1911 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 68, a General Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 62, married,
They had been married 25 years and had 5 children, all of whom were alive.
Their children,
Mary Moore, daughter, aged 21, a Boot Factory Hand
John, son, aged 19, a General Labourer,
Catherine, daughter, aged 14, a Boot Factory Hand,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
William could not be found in the 1911 census.
Death.
William Hoare, aged 35, a bachelor, a Pensioner, died on 4 November 1920, at the Special Surgical Hospital, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
The cause of death was "Gunshot Wound of Head, on active service in France, 6 years 9 days, Abcess of Brain, several months, certified.
If this is correct, William was injured during the First Battle of Ypres, where the regular British Army ("the Old Contemptibles") held up the German advance across Belgium in the first months of World War 1.
Private William Hore
is named on
Grangegorman Memorial
in Dublin
on which those whose graves were unmarked or could not be maintained, were commemorated.
His brother
Private Joseph Hoare
also died in WW1, on 5 December 1917 at Cambrai, France, serving in the Irish Guards.
8938 Private William Hore.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
2nd Battalion.
aged 32.
Son of E. Hore, Kilree Street, Bagenalstown.
He served as Hore, but the family appears to have later used the name of Hoare, and his death was registered as Hoare.
There is some confusion on his birth certificate, which seem to have been caused by the midwife (Mary McDonnell) who registered his birth. She was illiterate, and signed her name with an "X"
William Hore, son of William Hore and Eliza Hore, formerly McGrath, was born on 29 October 1886, at Sleaty Street, Graigue, Queen's Co. [now Laois]
His father was a Coal Merchant.
In the 1901 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 48, a Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 44
Their children,
William, son, aged 14, a Labourer,
Joe, son, aged 12,
John, son, aged 8,
Mary, daughter, aged 12,
Keatie, daughter, aged 5,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
In the 1911 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 68, a General Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 62, married,
They had been married 25 years and had 5 children, all of whom were alive.
Their children,
Mary Moore, daughter, aged 21, a Boot Factory Hand
John, son, aged 19, a General Labourer,
Catherine, daughter, aged 14, a Boot Factory Hand,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
William could not be found in the 1911 census.
Death.
William Hoare, aged 35, a bachelor, a Pensioner, died on 4 November 1920, at the Special Surgical Hospital, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
The cause of death was "Gunshot Wound of Head, on active service in France, 6 years 9 days, Abcess of Brain, several months, certified.
If this is correct, William was injured during the First Battle of Ypres, where the regular British Army ("the Old Contemptibles") held up the German advance across Belgium in the first months of World War 1.
Private William Hore
is named on
Grangegorman Memorial
in Dublin
on which those whose graves were unmarked or could not be maintained, were commemorated.
His brother
Private Joseph Hoare
also died in WW1, on 5 December 1917 at Cambrai, France, serving in the Irish Guards.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
2nd Battalion.
aged 32.
Son of E. Hore, Kilree Street, Bagenalstown.
He served as Hore, but the family appears to have later used the name of Hoare, and his death was registered as Hoare.
There is some confusion on his birth certificate, which seem to have been caused by the midwife (Mary McDonnell) who registered his birth. She was illiterate, and signed her name with an "X"
William Hore, son of William Hore and Eliza Hore, formerly McGrath, was born on 29 October 1886, at Sleaty Street, Graigue, Queen's Co. [now Laois]
His father was a Coal Merchant.
In the 1901 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 48, a Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 44
Their children,
William, son, aged 14, a Labourer,
Joe, son, aged 12,
John, son, aged 8,
Mary, daughter, aged 12,
Keatie, daughter, aged 5,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
In the 1911 census, the Hore family were living at High Street, Carlow.
Present were,
Edward Hore, aged 68, a General Labourer, married,
Eliza, his wife, aged 62, married,
They had been married 25 years and had 5 children, all of whom were alive.
Their children,
Mary Moore, daughter, aged 21, a Boot Factory Hand
John, son, aged 19, a General Labourer,
Catherine, daughter, aged 14, a Boot Factory Hand,
all had been born in Queen's Co [now Laois]
William could not be found in the 1911 census.
Death.
William Hoare, aged 35, a bachelor, a Pensioner, died on 4 November 1920, at the Special Surgical Hospital, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
The cause of death was "Gunshot Wound of Head, on active service in France, 6 years 9 days, Abcess of Brain, several months, certified.
If this is correct, William was injured during the First Battle of Ypres, where the regular British Army ("the Old Contemptibles") held up the German advance across Belgium in the first months of World War 1.
Private William Hore
is named on
Grangegorman Memorial
in Dublin
on which those whose graves were unmarked or could not be maintained, were commemorated.
His brother
Private Joseph Hoare
also died in WW1, on 5 December 1917 at Cambrai, France, serving in the Irish Guards.
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