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Gnr. Hodgson Harold Telfer
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Bellingham, Northumberland
I am reseaching Hodgson Harold Telfer's life for an elderly relative who was named after him, Hodgson was his uncle and he knows little about him. We have his war medals; a wallet with hand embroidering; his bible; a newspaper clipping of him retiring after 42 years as a butcher and a couple of his uniform embellishments.
After a few hours of research over the last couple of days, I have the following: Born 1884, Bellingham, Northumberland. Seems he was known as Harold rather than Hodgson. He was a Butcher by trade from at least the age of 16 and had his shop in 'Market Place' Hexham for at least 42 years and had a Mr A Riley working with him for 34 of those. His father was James TELFER a butcher of Bellingham and Hexham and mother probably Eliza or Johannah nee Hodgson, it appears 2 sisters had a double wedding and one of them married James, the other married a Roger Smith. Both these women died within a year of each other - I suspect Hodgsons mother is possibly Johannah, as Hodgsons youngest sister Johanna was born 1889 at the time of death of both these women, so possibly named after her mother who may have died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. He married Margaret GOWANS date unknown. His siblings were William Stanley b1882 and Johanna b1889. He died 1967 in the Northumberland West registration district.