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Private C F Hoffman(n)


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Private Charles Fraser HOFFMAN(N), G/11500, 11th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  died of wounds, (gun shot wounds, multiple), 2 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 25th July  1916, age 27.

Born Edinburgh, Scotland, son of Charles and Barbara Hoffmann, of 9, Victor Park Terrace, Corstorphine, Edinburgh.


1911 Census Scotland - Corstorphine, Midlothian - Charles Hoffmann, head, age 48, married; Barbara Hoffmann, wife, age 44, married; Frederick Hoffmann, son, age 23; Ludwig Hoffmann, son, age 19;  Barbara Hoffmann, daughter, age 17; Roderick Hoffmann, son, age 14; Margaret Hoffman, daughter, age 11; Wilhelmina Hoffmann, daughter, age 11.


Enlisted Lewisham, SE, age 26 years & 267 days, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 126lbs, scar on front of left thigh. Resided 20 Kirkdale Parade, Sydenham, SE.  Formerly dental mechanic.

Home 3rd December 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 25th July 1916.

3rd December 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916, Havre, disembarked.

28th March 1917, Probate - Hoffman Charles (or Karl) Fraser, Dental Mechanic, sometime residing at 6 Leslie Place, Edinburgh, latterly at 16 Ryecroft Road, Hither Green, London, Pte., 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 25th July 1916, in No.2. Casualty Clearing Station, France, testate. Confirmation granted at Edinburgh, 29th March, to Barbara or Hoffman, wife of Carl Hoffman, 6, Victor Park Terrace, Corstorphine, his mother, Universal Legatory, and as such Executrix nominate under Will or Deed, dated 1 May 1916, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Edinburgh, 28th March 1917. Value of Estate £102, 8s. 6d.

1st September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Charles Hoffmann, 9, Victor Park Terrace, ; Barbara Hoffmann, 9, Victor Park Terrace, Corstorphine, Midlothian; Brothers - Frederick Hoffman, age 31, 8 Mayfield Place, Corstorphine; Roderick Hoffmann, age 23, 9, Victor Park Terrace, Corstorphine; Sisters - Elizabeth Fraser, age 32, 70 McClellan Street, Glasgow; Barbara Hoffmann, age 25; Margaret Hoffmann, age 19, 9, Victor Park Terrace, Corstorphine; Mina Hoffmann, age 19, 9, Victor Park Terrace, Corstorphine.

Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, II. F. 105., Nord, France.


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