Private William Hodgson

Army Number: 24273

Battalion : 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire and lived at 11, Foljambe Road, Chesterfield. Son of John and Sarah Ann Hodgson, of 52, Maynard Row, West Bars, Chesterfield. He was a chemist porter prior to enlisting at Chesterfield. He was killed in action, on 17th July 1916, age 35, by German shellfire whilst serving in the line southeast of Trones Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private William Hodgson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Boots the Chemist, Retail Branches, War Memorial, Thane Road, Beeston, Nottingham.