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HODGSON, Francis

Hodgson, Francis

Rank: Lance Corporal

Year of death: 1917

Date of birth: QE Mar 1894

Date of death: 13.5.1917

Place of death: Killed in France age 23

Service number: 26209

Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra) 7th Battalion.

Medals:

Cemetery location: Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough, Section V
Family grave

Where remembered?:
CWGC Arras Memorial, France, addenda panel.
Remembered on family grave in Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough.

Biographical Information

Born in 1894 in Scarborough. Parents, George (Chimney Sweep) & Betsy Hodgson of 20 William Street, Scarborough.

Inscription

In memory of/BETSY ANN HODGSON/died 13th June 1933 aged 68/also GEORGE/beloved husband of the above/died 15th Nov 1936 aged 71/their son Lance Corp FRANCIS/killed in action/13th May 1917/aged 23/and daughter ALICE/died 19th Sept 1977 aged 79/in God’s keeping.