Basic Details
Surname
Dodgson
Forenames
Kenneth Vernon
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Also commemorated at the Loos Memorial, France.
Lieutenant
KENNETH VERNON DODGSON
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Devonshire Regiment
"D" Coy. 8th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 25 September 1915
Age 24 years old
Buried or commemorated at
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 35 to 37.
France
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Additional Info
Son of the Rev. Francis Vivian Dodgson and Constance Mary Dodgson, of Sunny Cliff, Mortehoe, Devon. Grandson of Gen. David Scott Dodgson, K.C.B., who entered Lucknow with Havelock, 25th Sept., 1857. Educated at King's School, Canterbury. B.A. Pembroke College, Oxford; was intending to take Holy Orders, but joined up the day War was declared. Gazetted Aug., 1914.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
8th Devons
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
8th. Battalion
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lieutenant
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Devonshire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Lieutenant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Loos
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
25
Age at death
24