Name
Robert Hoggans
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/06/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
T2/01893
Army Service Corps
149th Reserve Horse Transport Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
KIMPTON (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Kimpton memorials, Scoonie War Memorial, Leven, Fife, Scotland
Pre War
Robert Hoggans was born in Dailly, Aryshire in 1894 the son of Jane Hoggans.
On the 1901 Scotland Census he was listed at Glenhead Cottage, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire with his mother who was working as a farm servant, an older brother William and younger brother Hugh.
At the time of his death his mother's address on pension records was given as Wester Bogie Cottages, Kircaldy, Scotland.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Cupar [Fife] and served with the 149th Reserve H.T. Coy, Army Service Corps. T2/018193, serving in France from 15 July 1915.
He died in Hertfordshire on 14 June 1918 and is buried in the Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Kimpton, Herts.
There is no obvious link to Kimpton other than he died in the area and was buried there.
Additional Information
Pension cards exist but give no indication of the amount of pension received.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts,
