Service Details
Name:
 HOSKEN
Given Name:
 VICTOR FREDERICK
Initials:
 V F
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 London Regiment
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Unit:
 7th Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Sergeant 1st Natal Carbineers
Date of Death:
 1916-10-07
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Date of Birth:
 1891-03-26
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Eaucourt L'Abbaye on the Somme
Additional
Information:
Son of Lt. Col. Charles Victor and Natalie Hosken, of "Vicdene", Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Born Boston near Umkomaas, Natal. A civil servant in Bergville. Also served as a Sergeant in German South West Africa with Natal Carbineers. Travelled to England to re-enlist; recommended for a commission by the High Commissioner of the Union; served (with his father) with the 7th Battalion in France. Commemorated on WWI Memorial in Yellowwood Church graveyard, Bulwer, KZN & on Maritzburg College WWI Cenotaph. Also, on St. Saviour's Anglican Cathedral, PMB WWI Memorial scroll in St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, PMB
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C.

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