BORN HULL 03/12/1891. SON OF THOMAS ACEY HODGSON & MARGARET HENRIETTA SHEPHERD (1869-1924), OF 169 HIGH STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST MARYS, LOWGATE, HULL, ON 13/04/1913. HUSBAND OF DRUSCILLA ELIZA (HOLT). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, ALBERT AND MARION AND LIVED AT 33 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). WORKED AS A CENTRAL DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 05/10/1914. SERVED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. WOUNDED THREE TIMES, INCLUDING ONCE GASSED. TRANSFERRED TO THE GLOUCESTER REGIMENT AND THEN THE 47TH MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT THE V.A.D. HOSPITAL HULL ON 1ST FEBRUARY 1919. HE IS BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. DETAILS FROM THE DE RUVIGNEY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 5.
First name:
ALBERT EDWARD
Military Number:
147047
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/02/1919
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
28
