Geboortejaar: 1883

Geboorteplaats: Burnley, Lancashire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Rangeerder

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Sapper

Service nummer: 246251

Dienstneming datum: 28/06/1916

Dienstneming plaats: Padiham, Lancashire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Eenheden:  —  32nd Light Railway Operating Coy.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 13/10/1917

Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Leeftijd: 34

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

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.

Burnley Express 31st October 1917 - 3rd November 1917 Gebruikte bronnen

Burnley in the Great War http://burnleyinthegreatwar.info/burnleyrollofhonourmend/doylejoseph246251.htm Gebruikte bronnen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/89550

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=fbd07fd7-9688-421c-8de9-36cf6a196576

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2390504