BORN 1888. SON OF HENRY HODGSON (1867-1943) & ANNIE ELIZABETH BARMBY (1867-1955), OF 95 GLASGOW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A JOINER. ELDEST OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. A WAITER AT THE VICTORIA HOTEL. HUSBAND OF HANNAH GRAINGER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1913.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN FRANCE IN 1915. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 269920 LABOUR CORPS. DIED AT YORK MILITARY HOSPITAL, ON 18/12/1918, AGED 30. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, HANNAH. NO SOLDIERS DIED RECORD?
HIS WIFE HANNAH GRAINGER WAS BORN IN HULL IN 1890. SHE WAS A COOLER, WORKING AT 23 SOUTH STREET, HULL, BEFORE SHE MARRIED (1911 CENSUS). NO PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM HENRY HODGSON, 9TH WEST YORKSING REGIEMNT, DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 10/08/1915, AGED 21. THE BROTHERS, ARE PICTURED TOGETHER IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/09/1915. *
