Hi Everyone, I am researching a Leslie HOGAN who is on the Hawarden WW2 War Memorial, with no clue at all, but I did look at the CWGC and Forces Records and found this man, but he married a girl from Lancaster, which I know can happen if they met when he was training etc. It seems they married in the September quarter of 1943 and he died on the 29th of the same month. I need to find the connection between Hawarden and Lancaster. CWGC Pilot Officer (Navigator) HOGAN, LESLIE Service Number 158337 Died 29/09/1943 Aged 22 105 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve D F M Son of Frederic and Edith Hogan; husband of Bessie Hogan, of Lancaster. Find a grave states that he died in Air Crash in Norfolk. 105 Sqdn records on Nat. Archives, gives two lots of records for Sept. 1943, so I don't know which to download, any advice please? Squadron Number: 105 Summary of Events: Y | The National Archives Squadron Number: 105 Records of Events: Y | The National Archives Any help would be appreciated. Kindest Regards, Mavis Williams
Both. Start with record - this is the daily list of work carried out. Summary is a monthly one liner of tasks carried out but also had housekeeping of postings But if you click the Preview on the left hand side of the TNA Discovery Cat page you can see the contents of both docs - with a watermark. He is mentioned in both Record and Summary Ross
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 Name: Leslie Hogan Registration Date: 1921 Registration district: Hawarden Inferred County: Flintshire Re-registration Year: 1921 Mother's Maiden Name: Hughes Volume Number: 11b Page Number: 369 England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Leslie Hogan Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1943 Registration district: Lancaster Inferred County: Lancashire Spouse: Bessie Bland Volume Number: 8e Page Number: 1497 UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Name: PO Leslie Hogan Birth Date: 1921 Birth Place: England Death Date: 29 Sep 1943 Death Place: Norfolk, England Cemetery: Scotforth Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Scotforth, City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England Has Bio?: Y URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem... TD
The British Newspaper Archives have articles on Pilot Officer Hogan from the Lancaster Guardian newspaper. Unfortunately I do not have access. Results for 'hogan' | Between 1st Jan 1943 and 31st Dec 1943 | Lancaster Guardian | Publication | British Newspaper Archive
Thank you all for your swift replies, especially the newspaper article, sadly I cannot get it to enlarge, but at least I know the Leslie Hogan I found is it right one. I am really grateful for all the help, Kindest regards,
Marriages Sep 1918 Hogan, Albert F - Hughes - Hawarden - 11b 330 Hughes, Edith L - Hogan - Hawarden - 11b 330 Births Hogan, Albert J - Hughes - Hawarden - Dec 1919 [ NAME: Albert James Hogan BIRTH: 15 Oct 1919 DEATH: May 2002 - Flintshire east, Clwyd ] Hogan , Leslie - Hughes - Hawarden - Dec 1921 Hogan, Terence L - Hughes - Hawarden - Mar 1930 [ NAME: Terence Lacey Hogan BIRTH: 5 Jan 1930 DEATH: Sep 1979 - Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd ] 1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION Hogan Household (5 People) 36 North Street, Hawarden R.D., Flintshire, Wales NAME DOB OCCUPATION Albert Frederick Hogan 12 Feb 1891 Boilermaker Steel Works Edith Lacey Hogan 22 Jul 1898 Unpaid Domestic Duties Sorry, this record is officially closed. Sorry, this record is officially closed. Sorry, this record is officially closed. Lancashire Marriages: 1943 HOGAN Leslie BLAND Bessie Lancaster, Christ Church No children. NAME: Albert F Hogan BIRTH: abt 1891 DEATH: Mar 1954 - Hawarden, Flintshire NAME: Edith Lacey Hogan BIRTH: 21 Jul 1898 DEATH: Sep 1982 - Chester and Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Aah! That's why I couldn't find Frederick HOGAN in in the 1939 Register! Thank you Harkness, I didn't know Frederick had another Christian name. Grateful for all the information. Kindest regards, Mavis
