Basic Details
Surname
Hodgson
Forenames
Walton
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He enlisted before the outbreak of war and fought at the mons, the Aisne and the Marne before he was wounded in October 1914. He returned to his unit the following month but then suffered a 'nervous breakdown': he again returned to his unit after only 7 weeks. He then served in Gallipoli and finally Mesopotamia where he died. He was not found by them to be commemorated on any other Calderdale Memorial but is on the Basra Memorial. He was wrongly called Walter by the press at the time.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Iraq
Year of death
1916
Month of death
April
Day of death
23
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds