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HOOKER T<br />
Private 46776 Thomas HOOKER. 11 th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly<br />
(212108) Sapper Royal Engineers (RE). Died Thursday 21 st March 1918 aged 21 years. Born<br />
Smeeth. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Brabourne. Son of Thomas and Clara Hooker of Lilly Vale,<br />
Brabourne Lees, Ashford, <strong>Kent</strong>. Thomas has no known grave. His name appears on the Arras<br />
Memorial, Arras, France. Panel reference Bay 5.<br />
On the 21 st March 1918 the German (Spring) Offensive started (Operation Michael). This large<br />
scale enemy offensive was designed to break the British Army’s resolve and capture lost ground<br />
on the Southern Somme battlefields. The attack was very successful at first but the German<br />
supply lines were badly over-extended. The attack eventually ground to a a halt. A few weeks<br />
later the British counter-attacked and effectively “knocked the stuffing” out of the over extended<br />
German army. This chain of events led to the Armistice in November 1918.<br />
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