BORN ETTON, YORKSHIRE 1896. SON OF HENRY AND HARRIET WELBOURN, OF WYTON, EAST RIDING.
WORKED AS A FARM HAND IN WEST ELLA WITH HIS UNCLE (1911 CENSUS). MOVED TO ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE.
ENLISTED STOKE ON TRENT. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 2/6TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 22.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS FATHER, HENRY WELBOURNE.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. AND THE ETTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL CROSS, EAST YORKSHIRE.
First name:
THOMAS HODGSON
Military Number:
241602
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
