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Military service
Service number:
430091
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
July 28, 1886
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private William Douglas Hoskyn
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Photo of WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOSKYN
William was a glass painter at A&H Pemberton in Liverpool, England prior to the War. He sent his workmates this postcard soon after he enlisted in 1915. -
Post Card
William's message on the postcard sent to his workmates back in Liverpool, England. Postmarked July 1915. -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 27, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y250uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas Hoskyn
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas Hoskyn
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas Hoskyn
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas Hoskyn
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas Hoskyn
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas Hoskyn
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas Hoskyn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 258 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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