PL - Cyril Gordon Hosking KIA

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Hosking, Cyril Gordon 1914 Star & Clasp (Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1914-October-26

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age 23)

Born: Karachi, Lahore, India (now Pakistan)

Edward Hosking & Annette Taylor

unmarried

Home: Oxford, England

Enlistment: London, England

Enlistment Date: 1914-08-13

Decorations: 1914 Star & Clasp

Service
RFC

Unit
4 Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base
France

Rank
Lieutenant

Position
pilot

Service Numbers

1914-10-26: Hosking was a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery, attached to the RFC, when his aircraft was was shot down by Allied rifle fire while reconnoitring at 1,000 feet altitude over Poperinghe. Because of Inadequate markings on the underside of his plane, the ground troops could not tell whether it belonged to Germany or the Allies, so EVERYONE shot at it.

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