HODGSON, Eric Stewart
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Known as:
Bertie
Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Hertfordshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
75234
Died :
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Captain Eric Hodgson, Officer Commanding 1 troop, was reported missing believed killed 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He was in charge of the commandos on motor launch ML 446 and has no known grave. Son of Gerald Hodgson, and of Marjorie Hodgson, of Croxley Green, Hertfordshire. Eric was a well known member of the West Herts Rugby Club and a Hertfordshire County player.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2 and WO417/3.
Report in the Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette 15 May 1942.
St Nazaire Society.
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