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GROUP OF 3 MEDALS TO C.SGT. F. HODGSON, 2-24TH FOOT

South Africa Medal with 1879 clasp to 852 Lce. Corpl. F. Hodgson, 2-24th Foot; India General Service Medal with Burma 1885-7 clasp to 1931 Sergt. F. Hodgson, 2nd Bn., S. Wales Bord.; Victorian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal to 1931 C. Sgt. F. Hodgson, S. Wales Bord.
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Frederick Hodgson was born in April 1856 in London under his mother's name of Harris, reverting to his father's name on enlistment 4 Oct 1876.

Aged 20 years and 6 months, and a Labourer by trade, Hodgson enlisted with the 24th Foot at Brecon and was promoted to Lance Corporal during the Zulu war and then Sergeant and Colour Sergeant on his re-enlistment with the South Wales Borderers, serving in the Third Burma War. His son, Frederick James Hodgson, also enlisted with the 2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers.