Year of birth: 1883

Place of birth: Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Profession: Shunter

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Sapper

Service number: 246251

Enlistment date: 28/06/1916

Enlistment place: Padiham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Units:  —  32nd Light Railway Operating Coy.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 13/10/1917

Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Age: 34

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

Sapper Joseph Doyle was part of the 32nd Light Railway Operating Company of the Royal Engineers, which was responsible for the movement of men, equipment and supplies from the Divisional railheads to the front lines. He died of wounds on 13 October 1917 and is buried at Coxyde Military Cemetery. This cemetery was already in use during the war. As we could not find a war diary of the 32nd Light Railway Operating Company or a Service Record, it is uncertain how Joseph Doyle received his wound(s). As he doesn’t have a Burial Return Sheet it is possible that he was working behind the lines near Coxyde when he got injured and brought to the rear to receive treatment, where he subsequently died and was buried.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Sources used

Burnley Express 31st October 1917 - 3rd November 1917 Sources used

Burnley in the Great War http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/burnleyrollofhonourmend/doylejoseph246251.htm Sources used

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/89550/doyle,-joseph/ Sources used

The Long, Long trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used