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Name:

Alexander James HOGG

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

A J

Service No.:

688247

Date of Birth :

19/12/1881

Place of Birth :

Plashetts, Cumberland.

Age at Death:

Unit:

47th Bn Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Canada, 27th April 1916.

Place of Residence:

Merritt, British Columbia, Canada.

Home Address:

Previous Address:

Crookhill, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Civilian Employment:

Miner (formerly of Addison Colliery).

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Friday 13th April 1917

Place of Death:

Arras, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of Arras, France, 1917. Battle of Vimy, 9th 14th April 1917.

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Vimy Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Yes

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 26th May 1917.

Family Details:

Son of Mrs Violet Hogg, of 13 Hawthorne Gardens, Stargate, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Husband of Margaret Hogg, of Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. Three children. Brother: Frank. Grandson of Violet and the late David Hogg of Stargate. Lamented by uncle and aunt, brother and sister Andrew and Mary Ann Hogg, 16 Pioneer Street, Blaydon Haughs, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Alexander had emigrated to Canada around 1910 with his eldest brother, Frank Hogg, of Winlaton, Co. Durham. He enlisted in the Canadian Infantry at Kamloops, 1st June 1916, joining the 172nd Bn. He embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on board the SS Mauritania on 25th October 1916 and disembarked in England, 31st October 1916. He was then transferred to the 24th Reserve Bn, 1st January 1917, but then joined the 47th Battalion almost immediately. He proceeded overseas to France with the 47th Bn, 1st February 1917. Alexander's uncle, Private David Hogg, also of the Canadian Infantry, fell in action on 31st March 1917.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. National Archives of Canada.

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