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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Death:
November 5, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 12.
Additional information
Husband of D. Hodgson, of 431, Brunswick Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
48th Highlanders Museum
Entrance to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and to the 48th Highlanders Museum on King Street in Toronto. -
Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque located inside the 48th Highlanders Museum. The museum is located in the basement of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, King Street West at Simcoe Street, Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Article
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Plaque
1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. This congregation was established in 1887, and in 1925 became the Bloor Street United Church. The tablet was unveiled on May 16th, 1920. It was inscribed: "In memory of the men of Bloor Street Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause. They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown." -
Photo of John Hodgson
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of John Hodgson
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteers Mike and Dale Symmonds -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "Lt J. E. HODGSON PPCLI" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Group photo
92nd Battalion Officers onboard the Empress of Britain May 1916 crossing from Canada to the UK. Lieutenant JE Hodgson is standing third from the left. He was transferred from the 92nd Battalion to the 15th Battalion where he served until his death on 5 Nov 1918. The 92nd Bn and the 15th Bn were both raised by the 48th Highlanders. The photograph is from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum in Toronto and submitted by BGen G Young of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Badge
Cap Badge Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infanty. Lieutenant enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) and then to the PPCLI as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infanty. Lieutenant enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) and then to the PPCLI as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lieutenant Hodgson enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) and then to the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lieutenant Hodgson enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) and then to the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker. Lt Hodgson was originally a member of the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) before commissioning and transfer to the PPCLI. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Eastwood Hodgson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 430 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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