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Soldiers of the Regiment

Private Alfred Hodgson

Lance Corporal Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, is recorded as having enlisted on 18 Feb 1916 and after serving with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia he was discharged sick on 20 Sep 1919 and received the War, Victory Medals and Silver War Badge.  He is known to have spent time in India, recovering from sickness, and on return to UK was reported to be only 4 stone in weight.

Items in the collection:

bulletPhotograph Private Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, 6th Battalion King’s Own pictured in civilian clothes, but with a King’s Own badge cap circa 1916.  KO2659/01  (see below)
bulletPhotograph Private Alfred Hodgson, KO2659/02  (see below)
bulletPhotograph Private Alfred Hodgson, KO2659/03  (see below)
bulletPhoto: Hospital ship ‘Devanha’ circa 1918. KO2659/04
bulletCertificate: National Registration Act, 1915, Certificate for Alfred Hodgson, Farm Servant of Calcalds Farm, Pilling, dated 17 Feb 1915 and stamped ‘Fleetwood’. KO2659/05  (see below)
bulletBooklet ‘Counsel & Comfort for Soldiers & Sailors on Active Service’ 1914-1918. KO2659/06
bulletSmall pocket notebook used as diary and addresses of others hospitalised with Lance Corporal Alfred Hodgson, 6th King’s Own. 80mm wide by 139mm tall, covered with brown cloth. KO2659/07
bulletAlmondsbury Subsidiary Hospital, Auxiliary to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Pass to Bristol, for Private Hodgson. Sep Oct Nov 1918. KO2659/08
bulletPostcard with printed poem by Private Richard Riding, 6th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (likely to be Number 20530 Private Riding of the 6th Battalion King’s Own) ‘Your King and Country Need You’. KO2659/09
bulletLetter, hand-written, Page one of four:
Voyage from Devonport on the SS Nestor to Mesopotamia, Jul 1916 by Private Alfred Hodgson. KO2659/10
bulletLetter, hand-written, Page two of four
Voyage from Devonport on the SS Nestor to Mesopotamia, Jul 1916 by Private Alfred Hodgson. KO2659/11
bulletLetter, hand-written, Page three of four
Voyage from Devonport on the SS Nestor to Mesopotamia, Jul 1916 by Private Alfred Hodgson. KO2659/12
bulletLetter, hand-written, Page four of four
Voyage from Devonport on the SS Nestor to Mesopotamia, Jul 1916 by Private Alfred Hodgson. KO2659/13
bullet‘Farewell to Mesopotamia’ Hand-written on sheet, double sided. KO2659/14
bulletLetter, hand-written, page one of three
The journey home, Feb 1918 from Bangalore....
“The Journey Home
We left Bangalore Station Hospital on Sat evening 16 Feb on the mail train for Bombay and reached there ok Monday morning 18 Feb and spent the day & night in Colba Hospital. On Tuesday morning 19 Feb we embarked on the H S Devanha and set sail the same afternoon. Had boat drill on Friday morning 22 Feb. We reached the island of Mauritius on Thursday morning 28 Feb and stayed all day in the ?? harbour setting sail again in the evening. We reached Cape Town on Friday morning 8 Mar about 6 o’clock. We left the strip about 12 o’clock and by train and motor to No 2 Alexandra Hospital Maitland....”
KO2659/15
bulletLetter, hand-written, page two of three
The journey home, Feb 1918 from Bangalore.... KO2659/16
bulletLetter, hand-written, page three of three
The journey home, Feb 1918 from Bangalore.... KO2659/17
bulletLetter from Ministry of Pensions, 30 Apr 1925 to Mr A Hodgson, late King’s Own. KO2659/18
bulletLetter from Ministry of Pensions, 30 Apr 1925 to Mr A Hodgson, late King’s Own. KO2659/19
bulletLetter from Ministry of Pensions, 6 May 1926 to Mr A Hodgson, late King’s Own KO2659/20
bulletLetter from Ministry of Pensions, 20 May 1927 to Mr A Hodgson, late King’s Own KO2659/21
bulletEnvelope from Ministry of Pensions to Mr A Hodgson, Pilling, near Garstang KO2659/22
bulletThe Soldier’s Pocket Testament
Issued to Private Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, 3rd Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Mar 1916. Later served in Mesopotamia with the 6th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Contained within small cloth cover. 80 mm wide by 110 mm tall and 20mm deep. KO2659/23
bulletFibre button stick, impressed with ‘LAN’ and ‘22131’ used by Private Alfred Hodgson of the 6th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment KO2659/24
bulletShaving mirror and leather case used in the First World War (Iraq) by Private Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, of the 6th Battalion. KO2659/25
bulletShaving mirror, folding, in leather case, used in the First World War by Private Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, of the 6th Battalion. He served in Mesopotamia and was hospitalised in India due to sickness.
Mirror folds out of the case and is free standing, some damage at one of the hinges has been repaired, damage at one of the others has not. KO2659/26
bulletBritish War Medal to Private Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, 6th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  KO2830/01
bulletSilver War Medal to Private Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, 6th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Enlisted on 18 February 1916 and discharged 20 September 1919 due to sickness.  KO2931/01


Private Alfred Hodgson
Accession Number KO2659/01

     
Lance Corporal Alfred Hodgson, 6th King's Own.
Accession Number KO2659/02 and KO2659/03.

    
Certificate: National Registration Act, 1915, Certificate for Alfred Hodgson, Farm Servant of Calcalds Farm, Pilling, dated 17 Feb 1915 and stamped ‘Fleetwood’. KO2659/05

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