Ridgway St
(Blue Bell Hill Rd to Gordon Rd)
Kellys Directory 1956
HODGES, HAROLD
Rank:
Rifleman
Service No:
R/8356
Date of Death:
6/07/1915
Regiment/Service:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
8th Bn.
Grave Reference:
Enclosure No.2 IV. B. 56.
Cemetery:
BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Family History
He was the son of Alice Hodges of 7 Ridgeway Street Blue Bell Hill St Ann's Nottingham. (obituary).
Employment/Hobbies
Member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club).
Military History
He appears to have enlisted with R/8357 Rifleman Richard Clark, a fellow 'Dako Boy', who died of wounds 27 July 1916. Harold served in France from 19 May 1915. He died of wounds and was buried in Bedford House Cemetery (grave reference Enclosure No 2. IV.B.56). Qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 21 September 1915: HODGES killed in action July 6th [1915] Rifleman H Hodges, 8th Bn King’s Royal Rifles, son of Alice Hodges, 7 Ridgeway Street, Blue Bell Hill, age 20.
Remembered on
Rank:
Rifleman
Service No:
R/8356
Date of Death:
6/07/1915
Regiment/Service:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
8th Bn.
Grave Reference:
Enclosure No.2 IV. B. 56.
Cemetery:
BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Family History
He was the son of Alice Hodges of 7 Ridgeway Street Blue Bell Hill St Ann's Nottingham. (obituary).
Employment/Hobbies
Member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club).
Military History
He appears to have enlisted with R/8357 Rifleman Richard Clark, a fellow 'Dako Boy', who died of wounds 27 July 1916. Harold served in France from 19 May 1915. He died of wounds and was buried in Bedford House Cemetery (grave reference Enclosure No 2. IV.B.56). Qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 21 September 1915: HODGES killed in action July 6th [1915] Rifleman H Hodges, 8th Bn King’s Royal Rifles, son of Alice Hodges, 7 Ridgeway Street, Blue Bell Hill, age 20.
Remembered on
Name:
Reginald Arthur Alltoft
Occupation:
colliery accountant
Residence:
6 Ridgway St, Off Bluebell Hill Rd Nottingham
Birth Year:
1893
Age at enlistment:
23
Regiment:
Motor Machine Gun Service
Regimental Number:
38643
Discharge/Transfer:
1918
Reginald Arthur Alltoft
Occupation:
colliery accountant
Residence:
6 Ridgway St, Off Bluebell Hill Rd Nottingham
Birth Year:
1893
Age at enlistment:
23
Regiment:
Motor Machine Gun Service
Regimental Number:
38643
Discharge/Transfer:
1918