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Violet Town Victoria [3]

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Driver [19]

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Corporal [10]

Serjeant [10]

Gunner [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [4]

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Captain [3]

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Colour Serjeant [2]

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Acting Serjeant [1]

Armourer’s Crew [1]

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Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal/Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [1]

Sister [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 Temporary Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

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Labour Corps [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [22]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

London Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Army Dental Corps [1]

Canadian Casualty Asembly Centre [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Company Labour Corps [1]

Devon Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East African Labour Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [183]

Royal Navy [50]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

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Contribution

Military Service [317]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Canada [1]

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Devonport, Devon [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Violet Town Victoria [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Plymouth England [2] Plymton, Devon [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] Tenterfield New South Wales [2] Acton, London [1] Barcaldine Queensland [1] Battersea, London [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Benalla Victoria Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Berridale New South Wales [1] Blackburn England [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Boscastle England [1] Bowden South Australia [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bulimba Queensland [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Charlestown, Cornwall [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clare South Australia [1] Cold Springs, Ontario [1] Connor Downs, Hayle, Cornwall [1] Derby [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Goorambat Victoria [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Jamieson Victoria [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] Looe, Cornwall [1] Mitchell Queensland [1] Mulwala New South Wales [1] Narrandera New South Wales [1] New Marske, Yorkshire [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Pensilva, Cornwall [1] Portsmouth [1]

Rank

Private [106] Driver [19] Sapper [11] Corporal [10] Serjeant [10] Gunner [9] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer’s Crew [1] Commander Engineer [1] Commissioned Writer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal/Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [1] Sister [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 Temporary Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23] Army Service Corps [22] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [22] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] London Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Canadian Army Dental Corps [1] Canadian Casualty Asembly Centre [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Company Labour Corps [1] Devon Yeomanry [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East African Labour Corps [1] East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [183] Royal Navy [50] Australian Imperial Force [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [317] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Canada [1]

T Hoskin

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 312 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force: Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's).

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Samuel Hoskin

Died 1918

British Army 35024 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 317644 Private Labour Corps 643rd Coy.

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William Hoskin

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267453

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Horace Hoskin

Died 1916

British Army 4303 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 2037 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 6054 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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James Henry Hoskin

Born 1872

Died 1914

Royal Navy 145895 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS BULWARK

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Charles Leonard Hoskin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 152662 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Stanley William Hoskin

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13613

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Arthur Thomas Hoskin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221349

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John Edward Hoskin

Born 1883

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 441280

Canadian Expeditionary Force 441280 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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John William Hoskin

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192727

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William Ernest Hoskin

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy J13713 Able Seaman HMS Vivid

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George William Hoskin

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228076

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William Henry Hoskin

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261640

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Reginald Hoskin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292969

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Bernard Hoskin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 64808 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Howtrey Hoskin

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army M2/079206 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry C Hoskin

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 32592 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Tom Hoskin

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 240419 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 240419 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Ernest William Hoskin

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 615593 Private London Regiment

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Kenneth Hoskin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 27342 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 33440 Private Devonshire Regiment

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