South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | 1914 Star & Clasp, British War & Victory Medals | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Other Medals | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 22 Aug 1914 in Boulogne on SS Caledonia | Indian General Service Medal & Clasp | Snitterfield |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Battle of Bellewaarde | Mobilised 5 Aug 1914 at Warwick | ~ |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| Cross Road Farm, La Brique | ~ | |
Previous Military Service
1909 - Received Indian General Service Medal with North West Frontier Clasp
Circumstances of Death
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Harry is listed as being killed in action on the 24 May 1915 after the Battalion were ordered to support the Dublin Fusiliers near Shell Trap Farm. The battalion was diary for that day is transcribed below. 24th May 1915 - La Brique: Heavy rifle fire from the front at 3am. This was followed by Gas which reached us at 3.30. Regiment was ordered to stand to arms & put on respirators, these proved very effective in all cases where properly adjusted. Wieljte Farm: Orders received to advance in support of Dublin Fusiliers towards Shell Trap Farm, part of the farm now being occupied by Germans. Under very heavy shell fire and gas shells Regt advanced to 1st Support Line trenches. A & B Coys were moved out to the left to get into a position behind Cross Road Farm ready to advance. During this period a good deal of the front trench was occupied by Germans on both sides of the Farm and a further advance was impossible owing to machine gun fire. Orders were received to occupy and hold 1st Support Line trenches. Casualties: Captain Sir. G Lacon wounded, 95 other ranks killed, wounded and missing. Very hot day Colonel A.J. Poole took over command of the line from 2pm. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan Qtr 1885 at Epsom, Surrey (as Henry Charles HOSKIN) | 15 Mar 1885 at Epsom |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Harry and Catherine Alexandra Hoskin | |
| Schools | Schools |
| Epsom Union School 28 Sep 1891 to Sep 1893 | Snitterfield Council School Sep 1893 - 1900 |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1885 - Myrtle Road, Sutton | 1891 - Scholar |
| 1891 - Pikes Hill, Epsom | 1901 - Gardeners boy |
| 1901 - Round House, King's Lane, Clopton, Warks (with Burton Family) | 1911 - L/Corporal in Royal Warwickshire Regt |
| 1911 - Army Barracks, Bombay, India | |
| 1913 - Living in Uppingham, Leics with sister | |
Our research by Wendy Boland concludes that at some stage an S was added to the family surname of Hoskin:
- Harry was born and baptised as Henry Charles HOSKIN - no S - in Sutton in 1885 (see Soliders Who Fell in Great War record)
- His parents were Harry and Catherine
- He had two sisters Ada May Louisa Hoskin and Catherine Elizabeth Hoskin (aka Kate E Hoskin) (see CWGC record)
- We believe both parents died sometime between the 1891 census and 1893 when Harry was in Snitterfield School and that the three children had become orphans, were then adopted and lived in Snitterfield
- We know from Snitterfield School records that Harry attended the school between the 1891 and 1901 census and that he had come from Epsom Union School (see Ancestry records).
- We know from census records that both sisters at one stage lived in Snitterfield
- Harry's CWGC record gives his parent as K E & H Hoskins - we believe the initials are switched and H is father Harry and the K E is either mother Catherine A or sister Kate Elizabeth.
- Harry's Soliders Who Fell in Great War record records his residence as Uppingham and at that time his sister had married Charles Thorpe and was lived there as K E Thorpe. The witness to the marriage was Ada May Hoskins. See below and click for a copy of the 1891 census and the baptism records for all three Hoskin Children
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| 1891 Census | Harry Baptism | Kate Baptism | Ada Baptism |
