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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Charles Douglas Alexander Hosken

In memory of:

Flying Officer Charles Douglas Alexander Hosken

July 14, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/21895

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 172 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 52.

Location:

Rotterdam lies 23 kilometres south-east of the Hague and 52 kilometres south-west of Utrecht. Crooswijk is a district east of the centre of the city. The address of the ROTTERDAM(CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY is:
Algemene Begraafplaats
Kirkoflaan 5
Rotterdam

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Charles Douglas Alexander Hosken is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Charles Douglas Alexander Hosken is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From a WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Charles Douglas Alexander Hosken– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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