BORN HULL 1886. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM HODGE & EDITH ADA HODGE (1861-1960), OF 55 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. THE HAD NINE SIBLINGS. HIS ELDEST SISTER, AM, WAS A MUSIC TEACHER.
HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SERVED AS A SAPPER, IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. ATTACHED TO THE WEST RIDING REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/01/1917, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED AT BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
3753
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
11/01/1917
Place died:
Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
