Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Thomas Hoole and Kate Foulstone of Sheffield, England.
On 16 September 1918, she was sailing unescorted from Bilbao, Spain, to Ayr, Scotland, when she was torpedoed without warning at 22:25 by UB-117 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Trevose Head, England, position 50°25'N/05°16'W. Of her crew, 25 seafarers, including the captain, lost their lives. The sole survivor was rescued, position 50°25'10''N/05°15'59''W.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens)
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Third Engineer Arthur Hoole
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Third Engineer Arthur Hoole
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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