Lance Corporal 23573 Hermon Hodge
17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in action 1st of June 1918 age 24
Aveluy Wood, just North West of Amiens.
Commemorated at: Martinsart British Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France, Special Memorial. 2.
Son of Mrs. Sophia Hodge, of Albermarle Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
Originally a Bantam Battalion consisting of men who had been under the original 5'3 requirement in 1914 but were still fighting fit, the battalion were involved in the attack at Aveluy Wood. During the fighting Hermon went missing and the raid was recorded as a success due to heavy enemy casualties, prisoners taken and machine guns captured from the Germans. In total there were 88 British casualties, including Hermon and 12 others declared missing in action.
Hermon was buried at Martinsart British Cemetery, just west of Aveluy Wood. The sandstone memorial headstone, which marks the spot today, has 'believed to be buried in this cemetery' inscribed on the top, as it seems that Hermon's grave marker was damaged or lost in subsequent fighting after his remains were buried, but is thought to most likely be in that site.
https://manchesterarchiveplus.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/an-army-chaplains-letter/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/181651/hermon-hodge/
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history
Herman Image: @Tameside MBC 2007 – [email protected]
Francky De Rous grave image
17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in action 1st of June 1918 age 24
Aveluy Wood, just North West of Amiens.
Commemorated at: Martinsart British Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France, Special Memorial. 2.
Son of Mrs. Sophia Hodge, of Albermarle Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
Originally a Bantam Battalion consisting of men who had been under the original 5'3 requirement in 1914 but were still fighting fit, the battalion were involved in the attack at Aveluy Wood. During the fighting Hermon went missing and the raid was recorded as a success due to heavy enemy casualties, prisoners taken and machine guns captured from the Germans. In total there were 88 British casualties, including Hermon and 12 others declared missing in action.
Hermon was buried at Martinsart British Cemetery, just west of Aveluy Wood. The sandstone memorial headstone, which marks the spot today, has 'believed to be buried in this cemetery' inscribed on the top, as it seems that Hermon's grave marker was damaged or lost in subsequent fighting after his remains were buried, but is thought to most likely be in that site.
https://manchesterarchiveplus.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/an-army-chaplains-letter/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/181651/hermon-hodge/
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history
Herman Image: @Tameside MBC 2007 – [email protected]
Francky De Rous grave image
Lance Corporal 23573 Hermon Hodge
17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in action 1st of June 1918 age 24
Aveluy Wood, just North West of Amiens.
Commemorated at: Martinsart British Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France, Special Memorial. 2.
Son of Mrs. Sophia Hodge, of Albermarle Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
Originally a Bantam Battalion consisting of men who had been under the original 5'3 requirement in 1914 but were still fighting fit, the battalion were involved in the attack at Aveluy Wood. During the fighting Hermon went missing and the raid was recorded as a success due to heavy enemy casualties, prisoners taken and machine guns captured from the Germans. In total there were 88 British casualties, including Hermon and 12 others declared missing in action.
Hermon was buried at Martinsart British Cemetery, just west of Aveluy Wood. The sandstone memorial headstone, which marks the spot today, has 'believed to be buried in this cemetery' inscribed on the top, as it seems that Hermon's grave marker was damaged or lost in subsequent fighting after his remains were buried, but is thought to most likely be in that site.
https://manchesterarchiveplus.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/an-army-chaplains-letter/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/181651/hermon-hodge/
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history
Herman Image: @Tameside MBC 2007 – [email protected]
Francky De Rous grave image
17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in action 1st of June 1918 age 24
Aveluy Wood, just North West of Amiens.
Commemorated at: Martinsart British Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France, Special Memorial. 2.
Son of Mrs. Sophia Hodge, of Albermarle Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
Originally a Bantam Battalion consisting of men who had been under the original 5'3 requirement in 1914 but were still fighting fit, the battalion were involved in the attack at Aveluy Wood. During the fighting Hermon went missing and the raid was recorded as a success due to heavy enemy casualties, prisoners taken and machine guns captured from the Germans. In total there were 88 British casualties, including Hermon and 12 others declared missing in action.
Hermon was buried at Martinsart British Cemetery, just west of Aveluy Wood. The sandstone memorial headstone, which marks the spot today, has 'believed to be buried in this cemetery' inscribed on the top, as it seems that Hermon's grave marker was damaged or lost in subsequent fighting after his remains were buried, but is thought to most likely be in that site.
https://manchesterarchiveplus.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/an-army-chaplains-letter/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/181651/hermon-hodge/
https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history
Herman Image: @Tameside MBC 2007 – [email protected]
Francky De Rous grave image
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