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Edward Hodder

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772149
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Commemorated at: 
St. James Anglican Church (Paris), Penmans Ltd. Honour Roll
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Leicestershire
Birth city: 
Loughborough
Address at enlistment: 
Race Street, Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Race Street, Paris, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Hosiery boarder
Employer: 
Penmans No. 1 Mill
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
32

Letters and documents

BX February 23, 1917

Reported Wounded

Word was received in town yesterday by Mrs. E. Hodder that her husband, Pte. Edward Hodder, had been wounded.  Private Hodder went overseas with the 125th Battalion, and at the time of enlistment was employed in No. 1 Mill.

BX February 24, 1917

Paris Casualties

Brant County is represented in the casualty list this morning by two Paris men, Private Edward Hodder, reported wounded, and Pte. Charles Ball believed killed. Ed Hodder enlisted with the 25th Brant Dragoons in September, 1915. He is an Englishman and is married. He was transferred to the infantry on reaching England, Pte. Charles Ball was with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles.

Edward Hodder is also memorialized in St. Paul's Cathedral, London England.  During his hospitalization, he was one of 138 men who helped embroider the Altar Frontal of the Cathedral.  This was done as a method of therapy for men who had returned wounded from the trenches. The intricate nature of the craft helped the men rehabilitate from the shell shock endured in trench warfare.  The Altar Frontal is still in use at the cathedral to this day, and serves as a lasting memorial to the men who fought and recovered from the Great War.

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