Person

David Hogg was the oldest of the four children of coalman Francis James (Frank) and Louisa Annie (Lois) Hogg nee Jarvis. He was born in Blaydon in August 1894 and lived in the Gateshead area until he was sixteen. His elder sister, Hannah, was born in Ryton, and Eunice and Andrew were born in Winlaton.

In April 1910 the whole family left England and sailed for Canada on the aptly named SS Canada making for Middlesboro, British Columbia. Five years later, David enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in Kamloops, British Columbia and this six foot tall miner with a scar on his cheek became Private 687143 in the 172nd (Rocky Mountain Rangers) Battalion. Less than two months later, in February 1916, David was in the camp hospital in Kamloops with measles but he completed his training. He embarked with the battalion in October 1916, sailing into Liverpool, Lancashire and then travelling by train and foot to the camp at Bramshott, Hampshire. Here the 172nd was absorbed into the 24th Reserve Battalion in January 1917.

The beginning of February 1917 saw Private 687143 in France having been transferred to the 47th Battalion. He would have joined them in billets at Chateau de la Haie before moving into trenches on the front line. March saw the 47th relieve the 44th battalion in the trenches and then, when they had been relieved three weeks later, they moved into billets at Carency, a farming village near Arras. Relieving the 44th again at the end of the month 31 March 1917 saw 100 men of the 47th Battalion raiding enemy lines near the Irish Crater on the Carency front line. The raid was a success but not without cost as eight men, including Private Hogg, were killed and 57 were reported wounded or missing.

Private 687143 David Hogg is buried in Villers Station Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Civil Parish: Winlaton

Birth date: 24-Aug-1894

Death date: 31-Mar-1917

Armed force/civilian: Army

Residence: 17 May Street, Winlaton (1901 census)
Collettville, British Columbia, Canada (1911 Canadian census)
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada (1915 enlistment papers)

Religion: Methodist

Employment: Clerk (1910 ship’s manifest)
Storeman (1911 Canadian census)
Miner (1915 enlistment papers)

Family: Parents: Francis James Hogg, Louisa Annie Hogg nee Jarvis
Siblings: Hannah Hogg, Eunice Hogg, Andrew Hogg

Military service:

687143
Private
172nd Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
24th Reserve Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
47th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force

Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal

Memorial(s): Villers Station Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Gender: Male

Contributed by Jayell, Durham