Name
John Lionel Hodges
3 April 1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/10/1916
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
43339
Essex Regiment
10th Bn.
'A' Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
IX.E.2
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Welwyn village memorials, Mountnessing War Memorial, Essex
Pre War
John Lionel Hodges was born on 3 April 1892 in Islington, the son of Lionel Frederick Hodges and Mary Elizabeth (nee Ducker) and baptised on 3 September 1892 at St John, Highbury Park, Islington. The family were then living at 3 Sotheby Road, Islington, and his father was a gun maker.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 55 Elgin Road, Ilford, Essex where his father was employed in glass manufacture. By 1911 they were living at 27 Barnsbury Park, Islington and John was working as a Clerk.
On enlistment, he was living at Marlbrooks, Mountnessing, Essex. His parents later lived at The Ridge, Welwyn, Herts.
Wartime Service
John enlisted in Brentwood, Essex, joining the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
He was killed in action on 21 October 1916 during the attack on Regina Trench, part of the Battle of Grandcourt, which itself was part of the later Battles of the Somme. He is buried at Courcelette British Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £4 and pay owing of £3 13s 9d. No pension appears to have been paid.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper, Brenda Palmer
Brenda Palmer
