HOSKIN, Alfred

Personal Details

Attribute	Details
Nationality	British
Date of Birth	1891
Place of Birth	Cornwall, England
Veterinary College and Date of Graduation	London - July 1913

Military Service

Attribute	Details
Last Rank	Captain
Regiment/Service	Army Veterinary Corps
Secondary Regiment	10th Corps
Secondary Unit
First Theatre of War	France 1915

Casualty Details

Attribute	Details
Date of Death	04 July 1917
Age at Death	26
Place of Death	France
Cause of Death	Wounds in received in action

Cemetery

Attribute	Details
Cemetery	Bailleul Cemetery Extension
Location	Bailleul Cemetery Extension, France
Grave Reference	III.D.187
Commonwealth War Grave	Yes - CWGC Headstone
Emblem or Badge on Headstone	Army Veterinary Corp

Honours and Memorials

Attribute	Details
Name on RCVS Honour Board	Yes
Name In Officers who died in Great War	Yes
Medals and Awards	British War Medal 1914-1918 Victory Medal

Biography

Captain Alfred Hoskin FRCVS was born at Liskeard, in Cornwall in 1891. He graduated from London College in 1913 and took his Fellowship as soon as possible. Joining the Army Veterinary Corps in October 1914, he obtained his Captaincy in due course, serving most of his Army career with the Expeditionary Force in France. He was seriously wounded on the 2nd of July 1917 and died two days later.

Captain Hoskin’s obituary appeared in the Veterinary Journal, and his death was also reported in The Veterinary Record on July 14, 1917.

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