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Second Lieutenant CHRISTOPHER JOHN HODGSON

Service Number: 117308
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

5. E. 10.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt-Col. Christopher Lefroy Hodgson and Frances Dorothy Hodgson, of Windsor, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HOLDING UP AN ENEMY'S WIRED POST ALONE, HE SAVED MANY OF HIS COMRADES' LIVES

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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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