CWGC Information

HODGES, HERBERT EDWARD

Rank: Gunner

Service No: 74133

Date of Death: 30/06/1915

Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery

109th Bty.

Grave Reference VIII. B. 54.

Cemetery BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

Herbert Hodges was born in Sway, Hampshire in the spring of 1894. The 1901 census records him living at no 5 Princess Street, Cowes, Hampshire with his father, David, mother, Rose, two brothers and a sister.

By 1911, the census records 17 year old Herbert as a an inmate in the Wilts Reformatory School, Bugley, Warminister.

He enlisted at Newport, Isle of Wight. His MIC details him serving with 41st Brigade RFA, entering theatre 16th August 1914. He was therefore one of the original members of the BEF qualifying for the 1914 Star.

The 41st Brigade formed part of the 2nd Divisional Artillery, and it is probable he participated in the Battle of Mons, the retreat from Mons, battles of the Marne and the Aisne. His CWGC record details he was serving with 109th Battery when he died, the battery being part of 23rd Brigade, in the 3rd Division. SWDGW records he died of his wounds.

The 109th Battery was part of 23 Brigade RFA which was in the divisional artillery of the 3rd Division.