British Army Veterinary Corps
Alfred HOSKIN
Captain
Died 4 July 1917 · Aged 26
His story
Captain Alfred Hoskin FRCVS was born at Liskeard, in Cornwall in 1891. He graduated from London College in 1913 and later became a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He joined the Army Veterinary Corps in October 1914 and served mainly with the Expeditionary Force in France, reaching the rank of captain. 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 14 July 1917.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 1891
- Place of Birth
- Cornwall, England
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- London - July 1913
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- 10th Corps
- First Theatre of War
- France 1915
Medals and commemoration
- 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
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 4 July 1917
- Age at Death
- 26
- Place of Death
- France
- Cause of Death
- Wounds in received in action
- 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
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- The Veterinary Record, 14 July 1917 — cited in the earlier biography
- The Cornishman Newspaper July 19,1917 — reproduced document
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Alfred Hoskin”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/alfred_hoskin/.
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