Soldier – Hutchinson, R. – Killed at Hooge (picture)

August 1915

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.