Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1915054

Reference: WO372/9

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2904067
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1917280

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5482359

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: William1522

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/29970/0557/3

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5482360

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: William1522

UPP: BMD/B/1893/1/AZ/000284/152

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5482361

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_aro1

Title: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription

Connected by: William1522

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARO1/000170/045

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5482363

Title: Wikipedia

Description: Wikipedia entry on his poetry

Connected by: William1522

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._N._Hodgson
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Additional: Lt W N Hodgson was a poet of some skill, but largely forgotten since the end of the war. However a number of books have contained both his work and his details which this Wiki article uses

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ID: 5482365

Name: IV.X 107004 16/10/25 N15/6/19448

Reference: National Archives

Title: Medal Record

Description: Medal citation document

Connected by: William1522

Additional: This medal record is for the 2nd Btn Devonshire Rifles, William's unit, dated 28/07/15 in France and stamped 28th Feb 1922

Source information

ID: 5488179

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1011381

Additional: Matches information on Medal Index Card

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 5488183

Name: Hodgson, William Noel

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

Description: Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Awards: M C Grave Reference A. 3. Cemetery DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY, MAMETZ Additional Information: Son of the Rt. Rev. Henry Bernard Hodgson, D.D., 1st Bishop of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and Penelope Hodgson (nee Warren), of Churcher's College, Petersfield, Hants. One of the war poets. Author of "Verse and Prose in Peace and War".

Connected by: Charlotte33

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/536100/HODGSON,%20WILLIAM%20NOEL
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Additional: Matches information on Medal Index Card

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ID: 5488187

Title: William Noel Hodgson

Description: Photo dated to circa 1915 due to presence of MC ribbon on uniform, which was awarded in 1915. From Wikipedia - Copyright expired.

Connected by: Charlotte33

Source information

ID: 7308399

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/536100/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/414390

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 7901330

Name: Page 22, accessed 12 Feb 2015

Title: E.B. Osborn, The Muse in Arms

Description: Poem by William Noel Hodgson, printed in War poetry collection

Connected by: Mara60295

URL: https://archive.org/stream/museinarmscollec00osbouoft/museinarmscollec00osbouoft_djvu.txt
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Additional: The person's names match

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ID: 7945254

Title: Photograph of William Noel Hodgson's grave

Description: Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz

Connected by: Charlotte33

Additional: Photograph taken by Charlotte Czyzyk in March 2014

Source information

ID: 8575632

Title: The Devonshire Cemetery at Mametz

Description: The Cross of Sacrifice overlooks he final resting place of poet Lieutenant William Noel Hodgson who fell on 1st July 1916.

Connected by: Anne1202

Additional: Image courtesy of www.ww1westernfront.gov.au./dutch

Source information

ID: 8740240

Title: CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF SOMME.

Description: We will remember them.

Connected by: Desmond1478

Source information

ID: 9534375

Title: "Back to Rest" (by Hodgson) with discussion

Description: Discussion of Hodgson's poem with biographical details

Connected by: Connie110407

URL: https://behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2015/10/back-to-rest.html
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Additional: Names and details match

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