2633 Pte Harry Paul Hogg, 9th Bn, HLI

2633 Private Harry Paul Hogg of the 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, died of wounds on the 1st April 1915. He was 20 years old, the son of James and Mary Hogg, of Ellangowan, Bo'ness in Linlithgowshire.

Harry Hogg's number dates to early September 1914 and by 22nd January 1915 he was in France. He is buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery which, as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission points out, was "used for billets and headquarter offices from the autumn of 1914 to April 1918" and was the "hospital centre with the 6th, 9th, 18th, 32nd, 49th and 58th Casualty Clearing Stations in the town at one time or another."

Harry's service record no longer appears to survive, however there is a full biography in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour from which the photo (above) is taken. I have reproduced the extract below. Click on it for a larger version.


The Herbert Bain mentioned above was 2636 Pte James Herbert Bain who later went on to be commissioned in the Seaforth Highlanders and appears to have survived the war. Harry Hogg is commemorated on the imposing Bo'ness War Memorial, and the images below are reproduced from the relevant page on the West Lothian Family History Society website.




At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, De Ruvigny's)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
My thanks to Janette Fowlds at the West Lothian Family History Society for the photographs of Bo'ness Memorial, and permission to use these.