Researching the origins and genealogy of the surname worldwide
Named after his paternal grandfather Thomas Hoodless and father James Hoodless, Thomas James Hoodless served in 127th Battery of the Royal Field Artillery during WWI. Along with 125th and 126th Batteries, they made up the 29th Brigade and were originally attached to the 4th Division Infantry but left them to join the 3rd Division in…
I had known for many years, before writing the post on my ancestor Harold Hoodless, that he had died during WWI. He was remembered within our family as the person who had written from France to suggest the name “Louvain” for a girl when he knew that his niece (my great grandmother) Mary Jane was…
If you zoom in to the tree of William Hoodless descendants you will notice the lone inconspicuous name tag of his eighth child, Harold, born on 29th July 1893 in the mining village of Ellenborough near Maryport. He did not marry and he left no children but his short life was remarkable and brave. In…