James Cartledge Hooley
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
James Cartledge Hooley was the son of John and Sarah Hooley (née Cartledge or Cartlidge). Both his parents were born in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. John was born in 1854, the son of William and Alice Hooley (née Gent m. Sutton in Ashfield St Mary Magdalene 1854) while Sarah was born in about 1856, the daughter of James and Sarah Cartledge. John Hooley and Sarah Cartledge were married in 1874 (reg. Mansfield) and probably had four children: Alice b. Codnor 1876, Sarah b. 1877 d. 1878, James Cartledge b. Codnor 1878 (J/A/S) and Elizabeth b. 1879 d. 1879. In 1881 John, a carpenter, Sarah and their two children, Alice and James, were living on Needham Street, Codnor. Neither parent has yet been traced after this date. However, in 1891 James (11) was an inmate of Basford Workhouse, Nottingham, and his sister Alice (14) was living with their maternal grandparents, James and Sarah Cartlidge (sic), on Chapel Street, Codnor. Alice probably died the following year. James married Sarah Jane Newham (b. 1881), the daughter of Thomas and Mary Newham, at St Mary Magdalene in April 1900. They had six children who were all born in Sutton in Ashfield: Alice b. 1902 d. 1918, Mary b. 1904, Marian Dorothy b. 1907, Lillian b. 1910, Doris b. 1912 and James b. 1915. In 1901, the year after their marriage, James, a coal miner, and Sarah were living in Walstone Place, Parliament Street, Sutton in Ashfield. By 1911 they were living at 23 Parliament Street with their four daughters, Alice, Mary, Marion and Lillian. Doris was born the following year and their only son, James, in 1915. The family was still living at 23 Parliament Street when James was killed in 1916. James' eldest daughter Alice died in 1918 aged 16. Sarah Jane was living in Sutton in Ashfield with her five surviving children when the 1921 Census was recorded. She died in 1930.
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). James had previously served with the 10th Bn. The 10th (Service) Battalion was formed at Derby in September 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Second New Army. It served in France from July 1915. The 17th (Service) Battalion (Welbeck Rangers) was formed at Nottingham in June 1915 and served in France from March 1916. According to a report of his death in a local paper, he enlisted in September 1914. He was killed in action on 20 October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A).
Mansfield Reporter, 10 November 1916: ‘Suttoners Killed. Widow and Six Children Left. Private Charles James Reeves, 7, Bowne-street, Sutton, aged 22, a single man, who enlisted in the Sherwoods in September, 1914, is amongst the slain. Lance-Corporal JC Hooley, 23, Parliament-street, Sutton, 38 years of age, who enlisted in September 1914, was killed in action on October 20th. He leaves a widow and six children.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Mansfield Reporter, 24 November 1916: ‘Local Casualties. 74 Sherwood Foresters in Friday Night’s Lists: Fridays casualty lists showed the following losses: Officers: dead 13, wounded and missing 27. Rank and File: dead 503, wounded and missing 2,203. The following are local names. Killed … Sherwood Foresters. Lnce-Corpl. T(sic) C Hooley 19504, Sutton-in-Ashfield.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) His widow Sarah was awarded a pension of 33 shillings and 9 pence a week for herself and her children with effect from 7 May 1917. Registers of Soldiers' Effects: His widow Sarah Jane was his sole legatee.
