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Gunner LESLIE JAMES HOSKIN

Service Number: 985778
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

455 Indep. Lt. Bty.

Date of Death

Died Between 05 May 1942 and 07 May 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY

4. E. 11.

Madagascar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James John and Esther Hoskin, of Hanwell, London, England.
  • Personal Inscription IN SACRED MEMORY. TO THE WORLD HE WAS ONLY ONE, TO US HE WAS ALL THE WORLD "MIZPAH"
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Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Madagascar
Number of casualties: 315
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