Son of Henry and Elizabeth Hodgkins
Aged 28 years
Died 12th November 1917
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial
Panel 48 to 50 and 162A.
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| Born and resided at Yelden, enlisted at Ampthill. |
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Rushden Echo, 23rd February 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Wounded—News was received from the War Office on Tuesday last, that Pte L Hodgkins, 23228, of the —Beds Regt., was wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel, on February 5th. He is the son of Mrs Henry Hodgkins, of Yelden. Before enlisting he worked for Mr T Robinson, boot manufacturer, Wellingborough-road, Rushden. Pte Hodgkins has been in France six months, and went through the advance in last November. He is at present at the 7th Canadian General Hospital, France, and we are pleased to report he is getting on fairly well. He enlisted on November 15th, 1915.
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Rushden Echo, 9th March 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Wounded—Pte. L. Hodgkins, 23228 Beds. Regt., of Yelden, is officially listed as wounded.
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The Rushden Echo, 7th December 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Casualties—Mr and Mrs Henry Hodgkins have received the sad news that their youngest son, Pte Leonard Hodgkins, Beds Regiment, has been killed in action in the great battle in France on November 12th. They also heard that their son, Pte William Hodgkins, was badly wounded and in a hospital at Sheffield. |
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Rushden Echo, 15th November 1918
HODGKINS – In ever loving memory of Pte. Leonard Hodgkins, of Yelden, killed in action in France, Nov. 12th, 1917.
Not now, but in the coming years,
We’ll know the meaning of our tears;
Heaven will the mystery explain;
Up there, someday, we’ll understand.
Do not ask us if we miss him,
There is such a vacant place;
Can we e’er forget that footstep,
Or that happy smiling face?
From Mother, Father, Sisters, Brothers, and Alice.
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