Herefordshire Regiment

(Formed from the Territorial Force 1914)

World War 1 1914 – 1918

Western European Theatre

Private 235120

William Alfred Hodges 20/10/1885 – 16/10/1918

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Territorial Force

(Formed from the Hereford Rifle Volunteers 1908)

Pre World War 1 1908 – 1914

Private 1121

William Alfred Hodges 20/10/1885 – 16/10/1918

Name: William Alfred Hodges Military Unit: Herefordshire Regiment (1st/1st Battalion)

Rank and number: Private 235120 (1121) Theatre of War: Western European Theatre (a)

War & duty Location: World War 1 (France & Flanders) Enlisted: Pre WW1 (transfer from Territorial Force)

Campaign Medals: Territorial Force; British War; Victory Medal Commemorated: Britain

Date of Death: 16/10/1918 Age on Death: 32

Place of Death: Flanders, Belgium Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Place Buried: Lijssenthosk Military Cemetery, West Flanders. (Plot XXX Row E Grave 15)

Memorial: Poperinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium Date of Birth: 20/10/1885

Birth Place: Dymock, Gloucestershire (Morrels) Baptism: 15/11/1885 at Dymock St Mary

1911 Census Civil Parish: Kempley, Redmarley, Newent (324) Home Address: 1, Stonehouse Cottages, Kempley

Postcode/Tardis No: GL18 2AT / 145 Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Farm Labourer Father’s Name: Alfred Hodges of Morrels, Dymock

Father’s DoB/DoD: July 1851 – Mar 1922 Father’s Occupation: Farm Labourer

Groom’s Status: Bachelor/Minor (Illiterate) Date of Marriage: 03/05/1884 at Dymock

Brides Status: Spinster/Adult (Literate) Mother’s Maiden Name: Emily Louisa Phipps of New Grange, Dymock Mother’s DoB/DoD: May 1864 – Apr 1929

Mother’s Occupation: 9 Siblings/D.o.B: George James Hodges (1887)

Fredrick Thomas Hodges (06/09/1889) Florence Hester Hodges (1891) Harriet Annie Hodges (1899) Herbert Daniel Hodges (06/03/1901) Arthur Reginald Charles Hodges (12/12/1907)

WILLIAM ALFRED HODGES

(Bill)

Although William’s parents hailed from Dymock, the family home became Stonehouse Cottage, Kempley and father and sons worked labouring on the land. Already a member of the Territorial Army prior to the outbreak of WW1, William was transferred to the Herefordshire Regiment (1st Battalion) and served on the fields of Flanders and France. He lived to be the oldest of the 9 Sons, dying of pneumonia aged just 32 in Flanders, Belgium in 1918.

The Next of Kin Plaque (Widows Penny) & Kings Letter W A Hodges