Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private E. Hosking, 20th Battalion Canadian Infantry, killed in action, 11 October 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2356570 Pte., 20-Can. Inf.) good very fine (2) £90-120

Ernest Hosking was born in Cornwall, England on 21 October 1892. Employed as a Rubber Worker, living at 491 Perkins Street, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at London, Ontario on 23 March 1918. Serving with the 20th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) he was killed in action on 11 October 1918. He was buried in Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, Nord, France. With some copied research.