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James Douglas Hodding

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant James Douglas Hodding

July 10, 1916

Military Service

Age:

17

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Fusiliers

Division:

10th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Major James Sweet Hodding and Alice Mary Hodding, of Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Native of Southsea, Portsmouth. Left British Columbia to serve.

Commemorated on Page 571 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. E. II.

Location:

Mericourt-l'Abbe is a village approximately 19 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres south-west of Albert. HEILLY STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres south-west of Mericourt-l'Abbe, on the south side of the road to Corbie.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of July 9, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y207uvic#mode/1up.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of July 9, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y207uvic#mode/1up.
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of November 18, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y294uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of November 18, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y294uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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