EDWARD REGINALD HOOKER

Born: 1894, Ipswich.

Died: 23rd March 1918; age 23; KiA.

Residence: Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Kynoch Town.

Rank: Private; Service Number: G/22411

Regiment: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 7th Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Memorial Reference:

Panel 16.

Pozieres Memorial,

Somme,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of the late Mr & Mrs Joseph Thomas Hooker. Nephew of Harriet Emma Hooker, of 24, Upland Road, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1901   5, Farringdon Villas, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

Edward was 6 years old and living with his parents, sister & step sister.

Joseph Thomas Hooker, 50, a Master Mariner, born Harwich, Essex.

Happy Ada Hooker (nee Aldous), 29, born Ipswich.

Ada Carwardine Aldous, 9, born Ipswich.

Lily May Hooker, 9 months, born Ipswich – died 1906, Ipswich.

Edward’s father, Joseph Thomas Hooker, died 1906, Ipswich. His mother, Happy Ada Hooker, died 1917, Ipswich.

Probate to Fanny Maria Webb – step sister.

Soldiers’ Effects to Fanny M. Webb – step sister.

Edward is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 7th Battalion: