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Surname: HODGE
Forename(s): Frank
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 9955
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 8th Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1915-01-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 18.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Frank Hodge was the son of John and Lucy Jane Hodge, née Steer and brother of Private John Thomas Hodge (11893) (q.v.). Their father was born at St.Germans, Cornwall and mother at Exeter, Devon.
1901 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 6, Townley Street - Frank Hodge, aged 10 years, born Burnley, son of John and Lucy J. Hodge.
1911 India Census: 2nd Bn East Lancashire Regiment, Wellesley Barracks, Mhow - Private Frank Hodge, aged 20 years, born Burnley, Lancashire.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Frank Hodge, 9955, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: [1 - France]. Date of entry therein: 6 November 1914.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Frank Hodge, 9955, 2nd East Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 11.1.15. France. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - John. £8.19s. 4d. Mother Sole Legatee - Lucy Jane. £5 1s. 6d.
See also: ‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division
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27 September 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR - ROLL OF HONOUR
Private John Thomas Hodge, West Riding Regiment, killed in France August 31st, was the second son lost in the war by Mrs. Hodge, 2 Wesley Place, Earby. He enlisted in August 1915, and had his first experience of active service in the Dardanelles where he was wounded, and later invalided home with fever. He had served nearly two years in France. Private Hodge was formerly a weaver at Messrs. R. Nutter’s, Grove Shed. His elder brother, who enlisted at Burnley (where the family then resided), was killed in January 1915.
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27 September 1918
Earby Mother’s Second Loss
Pte. John Thomas Hodge, West Riding Regiment, killed in France Aug. 31st, was the second son lost in the war by Mrs. Hodge, 2, Wesley Place, Earby. He enlisted in August, 1915, and had his first experience of active service in the Dardanelles, where he was wounded, and later invalided home with fever. He had served nearly two years in France. Pte. Hodge was formerly a weaver at Messrs. Nutter’s Grove Shed. His elder brother, who enlisted at Burnley (where the family then resided) was killed in January, 1915.
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