Name
Hamilton Hodgson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/05/1915
40
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Lincolnshire Regiment attached Hampshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel 44 to 46.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 6 Jul 1874 in Cape Colony, South Africa son of Lt. Col. Joseph Hamilton and Letty Hodgson. Educated at Haileybury College 1888-90. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 20 Feb 1895, Lieutenant 11 Mar 1898 and Captain 19 Nov 1904. Husband of Nancy Hodgson, of Kettlewell Hill, Woking, Surrey.
Wartime Service
Served on the Sudan Campaign, Battle of Khartoum. He entered the war with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Egypt. He was killed in action on the Gallipoli peninsula.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
