Name
George Michael Hoste
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/10/1916
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
15th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 13 C
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 1 Oct 1886 in London son of George Henry and Mary Anne (Kirby) Hoste.
Educated at Haileybury College 1900-01. Worked in the Civil service in Somerset House. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 3 Jul 1915, entered France in Mar 1916 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 May 1916. Killed in action by a machine gun while leading his company during the advance from Le Sars to Les Boeufs.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
