Mexborough Times, August 21st
Killed at Hooge
Conisbrough Man’s Fate
Private R Hutchinson, Conisbrough, 2nd York and Lancs
Private R Hutchinson, a Conisbrough man, formerly employed by Messrs Kilner brothers, glass works at Conisbrough, was killed at the Battle of Hooge on August 8.
He was a married man, with two children. He had only been at the front two weeks.
He was well known in local football circles, and was a member of the Kilner Brothers F.C.