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Military service
Service number:
688247
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
December 19, 1881
Plashetts, Cumberland, England
Enlistment:
June 1, 1916
Kamloops, British Columbia
Death:
April 13, 1917
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Additional information
Son of Violet Hogg of Durham, England. Husband of Margaret Hogg. Father of David, Allan and May of Merritt, British Columbia. His son Allan Hogg died on January 28, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force
Digital gallery of Private Alexander James Hogg
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War Memorial
War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Alexander James Hogg
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander James Hogg
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander James Hogg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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