Main CPGW Record
Surname: HODGSON
Forename(s): Ralph
Place of Birth: Littleburn (Langley Moor), Co. Durham
Service No: 63414
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-08-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. E. 14.
CWGC Cemetery: H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ralph Hodgson was the son of Thomas and Margaret Hodgson, née Mooney. Thomas was born at Stillington, Yorkshire and Margaret at Byer Moor near Marley Hill, Co. Durham.
1891 Appleton-le-Street, Yorkshire: Town Street - Ralph Hodgson, aged 6 years, born Littleburn, Durham, son of Tom and Margaret Hodgson.
1901 Steeton, Yorkshire Census: 15, High Street - Ralph Hodgson, aged 16 years, born Littleburn, Durham, son of Tom and Margaret Hodgson.
Ralph was married to Jane Ann Kelly in 1910. Jane Ann's father, Dennis Kelly, a widower, was married to Ralph's widowed grandmother, Jane Mooney, née Kelly.
1911 Usworth Colliery, Washington, Co. Durham Census: 2, Penshaw View - Ralph Hodgson, aged 26 years, born Langley Moor, Co. Durham, husband of Jane Ann Hodgson. [Ralph and Jane Ann were living with her father Dennis and stepmother Jane Kelly, Ralph's grandmother.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ralph Hodgson, 24/737 Northumberland Fusilierd & 63414, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Ralph Hodgson, 24/737, 24th North'd Fus.; 26th North'd Fus.; 10th North'd Fus.; 63414, 2/4th Yorks L.I. K. in A. 27/8/18.
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Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
STEETON:
HODGSON, Ralph, K.O.Y.L.I., Queen Street, died from wounds.
HODGSON, Ralph, K.O.S.B., Queen Street, died from wounds.
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Private Ralph HODGSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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