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About Martin Hoath
Your was born at Athlone Ireland around 1879.
His dad was also Martin HOATH a soldier of the 95th Regiment of foot who was born at Galway and came to England at the time of the famine and lived in Bolton, Lancashire.
He joined the army when he was 18 at Bolton and served in India. He died 1880 after discharge from the army due to a medical condition.
His Mother was Mary O'Har and James Hoath both born in Ireland.
He married Elizabeth Ryder of Gosport Hampshire in 1877 at Cork Ireland.
In 1881 the young Martin was with his mother in Gosport and she was a widow with two children Terea Ryan from a previous marriage and Martin from the Martin Hoath union.
She remarried to Patrick Eurell a soldier of the 59th regiment. This union produced two more children Christopher and Esther.The family was on the establishment of the Battalion so travelled around as the battalion moved from location to location.
Patrick retired from the army in 1888 after 22 years service 19 of which were served in India Ceylon and Afghanistan where he was awarded a Campaign medal at the battle of Ahmed Kahl in the second Afghan war 1879.
After discharge the family came to the Manchester area and saw out their days there.
Martin married Mary Elizabeth Kirby and they had 5 children. Martin, Catherine, Sarah Anne, Mary, Christopher.
When war was declared in 1914 Martin joined up in the 11th Battalion of the Manchester regiment. He was in the landing at Suvla Bay at the Dardenelles
He survived the Dardenelles and went to Egypt after the evacuation .
In 1916 the regiment which was part of the 11th Division was shipped to France where the battle of the Somme was raging. He was reported missing believed killed on 29th August 1916 in Delville Wood.
At the time of his death he was serving with the 21st Battalion so somewhere along the line he was transferred from the 11th Battalion.
He can be found in the roll of honour of the Manchester Regiment 21st Batt the Batt in which he was killed.
He is commemorated on the Theipville memorial along with 70.000 other soldiers who have no known grave.
All british soldiers were volunteers until 1916 when conscription came in bacause of the heavy losses incurred in France in the first 2 years of the WAR.
Conditions in France were such they made the conditions in the Dardelles look like a Sunday School Picnic.
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Martin Hoath's Timeline
| 1879 |
January 2, 1879
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Roscommon and Westmeath, Athlone, Ireland
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| 1900 |
1900
Age 20
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Johnsons Wire Works, Manchester, England (United Kingdom)
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1900
Age 20
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| 1901 |
February 11, 1901
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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| 1903 |
May 8, 1903
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK
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| 1906 |
March 25, 1906
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Clayton, Manchester
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| 1909 |
December 1909
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK
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| 1912 |
1912
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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