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- Killed in action
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- His 3 brothers also served: Arthur with the Nagpur Volunteer Mounted Rifles, Edward in the Royal Navy, and John with 7 South Lancashire Regiment (killed on 1 July 1916, buried Ovillers Military Cemetery)
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- 'The Jack and Geoffrey Lamp' - Derby Central Branch. Endowed in August 1922. First lit on 15.12.1922 at The Guildhall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of J.B. Hoyle, Lt., 7th Battn., South Lancashire., Ovillers-la-Boiselle, 1.7.1916; and of G.M. Hoyle, Lt., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Hooge, 9.8.1915." (Donated by their sister)