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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 (born Usworth Colliery, Co. Durham) 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 North'd Fus,; 63414, K.O.Y.L.I.
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.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Ralph Hodgson, 63414, 2/4th Bn K.O.Y.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 27.8.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Jane A. £31 5s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Ralph. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Jane Ann Hodgson, born, 3.8.88. Address: 19, Queen Street, Steeton, nr Keighley. Children: Dennis Kelly Hodgson, born 31.8.13. Ralph Hodgson, born 25.2.16.
Ralph was killed in action in the Gomiécourt-Béhagnies area, north of Bapaume.
Ralph is commemorated on Holy Trinity Church (Usworth) War Memorial and Usworth Colliery Roll of Honour.
The 1921 Census shows that Jane, her two sons and three other family members were living at 19, Chapel Road, Steeton. The 1939 Register shows that Jane and Ralph were still living at the same address. Jane died in 1983.
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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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Private Ralph C. Hodgson
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Margaret Hodgson, née Mooney, the mother of Private Ralph C. Hodgson
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Thomas Hodgson, the father of Private Ralph C. Hodgson
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Jane Ann Kelly (centre)
Jane Ann Kelly, the future wife of Ralph Hodgson, with her father Dennis and stepmother Jane Kelly the grandmother of Ralph Hodgson
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Private Ralph C. Hodgson with his wife, Jane Ann, née Kelly and son Dennis
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H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein
CWGC Headstone
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Holy Trinity Church (Usworth) War Memorial
© Peter Welsh (WMR-98781)
Usworth Colliery Roll of Honour
© Julie Goucher (WMR-60741)
Steeton-with-Eastburn Cemetery
Family gravestone (with memorial inscription)
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13 September 1918
STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN – MORE BAD NEWS
Mr. Richard Lambert, High Street, Steeton, received the sad news that his youngest son, Private Richard Lambert, had been killed in action in France during the recent heavy fighting. Private Lambert joined up in January 1915, and went out to France in February, 1916, with the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment.
Mrs. Ralph Hodgson, Queen Street, Steeton, received information yesterday that her husband, Private Ralph Hodgson, K.O.Y.L.I., had died of wounds. Private Hodgson had been in the Army four years, joining the Tyneside Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1914, and going out to France in January, 1916, having a leave some 12 months ago. He leaves a widow and two children.
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06 September 1918
Steeton Soldiers Reported Wounded
Mrs. Ralph Hodgson, Queen Street, Steeton, received a letter this week from a pal of her husband’s, Pte. Ralph Hodgson, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, stating that in the recent heavy fighting he was advancing with her husband, who was wounded and fell to the wounds as he had to carry on, and he had not seen him since. Mrs. Hodgson had had a field card from her husband about a week ago stating he was all right then. Pte. Hodgson joined the army in September, 1914, and went over to France in January, 1915. He was home for his first and only leave about 12 months ago.
13 September 1918
Steeton Soldier Dies of Wounds
Mrs. Ralph Hodgson, Queen Street, Steeton, received word that her son, Pte. Ralph Hodgson, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, had died from wounds as reported in last week’s ‘Pioneer.’ Pte. Hodgson joined the army in September, 1914, and went out to France in January, 1915. He was home for his first and only leave about 12 months ago.
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