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Name: HODGKINSON, Gerard William

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Photo Source: Phil Toye

Birth Date: 19.2.1883 Bristol

Death Date: 6.10.1960 Wookey Hole

First Date: 1914

Profession: Soldier settler farmer

Area: Sotik

Married: 1. In Bishops Lydeard 26 Nov 1907 Florence Gladys Mabel Mackenzie-Ashton (div. 1913) b. 1882 Llanfair, Denbigh, d. 22 Aug 1912 Taunton; 2. In Johannesburg 24 May 1918 Norah Beryl Record 'Mollie' Shaw d. 2 Apr 1948 London; 3. Olive (?Treloar) b. 24 Mar 1915, d. 1976 Jersey

Children: 2. Colin Gerald Shaw (11 Feb 1920 Wookey Hole-1996 Dordogne); dau. 3. Sheila (1938)

Book Reference: EAMR, Hut, Land, Red 22, Gazette, Eton

War Service: WW1 with EAMR - A Sqdn. 5/8/14 - 6/1/15 - Lieut. 10/8/14

General Information:

Land - Topham and Hodgkinson leased 7156 acres at Nyeri, Soldier Settlement Scheme WW1 
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - G. Hodgkinson, Volunteer Forces, East Africa Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant, to date August 10th 1914
Gazette - 11/8/1915 - Appt. - EAMR - Resignation - Lieut. Gerald Williams Hodgkinson
Eton (1900) - Gerard William Hodgkinson - son of W.S. Hodgkinson of Glencot, Wells, Somerset; Sept 1896, Dec 1900 ?
Barnes - EAMR has Gerard William Hodgkinson, Lieut.
Transport rider in Ancestry Passenger list 1915 London-EA
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Wookey Hole, as managing director
1st wife must have petitioned for divorce shortly before she died.

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