William Hogg was born on 12th October 1883 and was a son of Thomas and Mary Hogg of Tullyconnell, Tullyhogue, and husband of Margaret A. Hogg of Tullyconnell. As a young man he emigrated to Canada where he worked as a farmer. He enlisted at Winnipeg. His attestation papers describe him as five feet nine inches tall with blue eyes, fair hair and a fair complexion. He gave his religion as Presbyterian. William was killed on the morning of the 28th April 1917 during the Battle of Arras.
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William Hogg was the son of Thomas and Margaret A Hogg. William Hogg married Margaret Bowden on 9th June 1863 in the district of Cookstown.
William was born on 12th October 1879. He was the youngest of at least eight children.
Known family: Thomas Hogg, Margaret A Hogg, Martha Hogg (born 10th May 1864), Annie Hogg (born 29th December 1865), Elizabeth Hogg (born 29th February 1868), Thomas Hogg (born 9th June 1870), Robert John Hogg (born 28th August 1872), George Hogg (born 15th December 1874), Margret Hogg (born 5th June 1877), William Hogg (born 12th October 1879).
The 1901 census does not list William as living with the family at house 1 in Tullyconnell, Tullaghoge, County Tyrone. They were a farming family.
It is believed William’s mother, Margaret Hogg, died on 24th April 1905 in district of Cookstown, aged 70.
The 1911 census does not list William as living with the family at house 4 in Tullyconnell. His father was a widower.
William Hogg had at some stage emigrated to Canada.
Prior to enlisting, William was working as a farmer. He was living in Swan Lake, Manitoba.
William Hogg enlisted at Winnipeg on 19th February 1916. He was not married and named his brother Thomas as next of kin.
His attestation papers describe him as five feet nine inches tall with blue eyes, fair hair and a fair complexion. He gave his religion as Presbyterian.
Private William Hogg William was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry when he was killed in action on 28th April 1917 during the Battle of Arras, in an attack on a village near Vimy Ridge.
The Canadian Circumstances of Death Register records that Private Hogg was killed in action on 28th April 1917. He took part with his battalion in an attack made on the village of Arleux on the morning of the 28th and was killed near the enemy front line trenches.
From the Tyrone Courier dated Thursday 7 June 1917:
Amongst the Vimy Ridge casualties lately reported was that of Private W Hogg, Canadian Infantry, formerly a Belfast Bank official at Larne. Private Hogg, who was a native of Tullyconnell, Dungannon, had been farming at Swan Lake, Manitoba, for some years, but joined up in February 1915.
Private Hogg has no known grave and is commemorated on Vimy Memorial in France.
William Hogg is also commemorated on Cookstown Cenotaph and First Presbyterian Roll of Honour, Cookstown.
William Hogg is also commerated on the family headstone at Grange graveyard, Cookstown
“In loving memory of Thomas Hogg died 9th October 1915, his wife Margaret Ann, died 24th April 1905. Their Children; Martha died 26th June 1884, Elizabeth died 16th February 1894, Margaret died 19th June 1904, Annie died 18th January 1928, Thomas died 3rd April 1957. William Hogg Pte. Killed Vimy Ridge, France 28th April 1917.”
The CWGC have correctly recorded him as the son of Thomas Hogg, of Tullyconnell, Tullyhogue, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. He should be recorded as the SON of Margaret A Hogg of Tullyconnell, Tullyhogue, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Ireland
