Henry Ellis Hoad

[desperance]

Damn. This is further to my last:

arkessian checked the 1901 census, and found a Henry E Hoad born in Westgate in 1897: exactly the right age, exactly the right location. Hurrah!

Prompted by papersky, I checked records of soldiers killed in the First World War.

And found a record of one Henry Ellis Hoad, of Newcastle on Tyne. The site wouldn't tell me anything more without I paid up money, which I am reluctant to do; but even so...

Sigh.

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Could well've been, I'd imagine. He'd have been what, nineteen, with that young man's urgency redoubled by a soldier's poor prognosis...

Maybe he left family. I'd like to think so. I think I'd like to think so: some part of him surviving.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's a hopeful thought to take forwards.