Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Drummer P. F. Hodgson, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was severely wounded on the Western Front during the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt, 3 September 1916

1914-15 Star (4711 Pte. P. F. Hodgson. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4711 Pte. P. F. Hodgson. W. York. R.) good very fine (3) £60-£80

Percy Forrest Hodgson attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at Bradford on 25 July 1915, and served as a Drummer with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 December 1915. He was severely wounded by gun shot to the left thigh during the attack on Pope’s Nose, Schwaben Redoubt, as part of the Ancre operations north of Thiepval on 3 September 1916. His leg was subsequently amputated and he was discharged as a result on 26 December 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge.

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