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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Walter Edgar Hiscock -

Unknown person Name : Walter Edgar Hiscock

Son of Frank Hiscock and Mary Matilda Hiscock (née Horsford).
Born 9th January 1896, Thorley.

  Census information :

1901 : Frank and Mary Hiscock with their family including Walter, are at 2 Malvern Cottages, Shide. Frank Hiscock is a thatcher.

1911 : Walter Hiscock is shown as a servant at Presford Dairy, as a Dairy Boy. Tom Andrew Butcher is the head of household.

  Service Details :

Private PO/19145 Walter Edgar Hiscock, Royal Marine Light Infantry

Walter Hiscock's engagement in the R.M.L.I. commenced on the 22nd December 1915. His trade is given as Baker. His next of kin is his father, Frank, of Great East Standen, Newport. Walter is 5 ft 4½ in tall, with fair complexion, hazel eyes and light brown eyes. He has no scars or tattoos. He died of pneumonia just 4 months later and was buried at Deal Cemetery.
  Casualty Details :

Died 11 April 1916, aged 20

Buried at Deal Cemetery, Kent

CWGC Record
  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Arreton
Arreton Roll of Honour
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