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Private MATTHEW HODGSON

Service Number: 6023698
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

L. 7.

Syria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Elizabeth Hodgson; husband of Winnifred Frances Mary Hodgson, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER SHALL YOUR MEMORY FADE SWEET THOUGHTS EVER LINGER WHERE YOU ARE LAID
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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