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Richard Hoile

Lance Serjeant

Service No. G/9394

Age 29

Died on 1 October 1916

Middlesex Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Elias and Annie Hoile, of The Square North Molton, Devon.

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Elaine Way

Thank you to all who lost their lives to save our countries. You will always be remembered.

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We will remember them.

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Elaine Way

Richard Hoile's parents lived at The Square, North Molton for many years and that is where he was born and grew up.

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Elaine Way

Until he enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment, Richard had only ever known the Devon villages of North and South Molton.

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Richard was born and grew up in deepest Devon where his forbears had been employed on local farms and estates for many years. At thirteen y...

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