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Horace James Hodge (1907-1931)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1931, Register Entry for Death of Horace James Hodge

  • Birth:

  • 5 Apr 1907

  • Plympton, Devon2 3 4

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  • Horace was the twin brother of Wallace Albert and Horace's date of birth comes from Horace's death registration.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • 1911 Census - living with parents

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 14)

  • 1921 Census - living with parents

  • Death:

  • 4 Oct 1931 (age 24)

  • South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital5 6 7

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  • Cause: injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident

    Both Horace and his twin brother Wallace courted Dorothy Dominy. Both had a motorcycle and when they took Dorothy out for the day one of them would take her on his pillion on the outward journey and the other would bring her back. On the 3 October 1931 when it was Wallace's turn to bring Dorothy home he was leading and they stopped to let Horace catch up. After they had waited a little while and Horace had not turned up they went back thinking that he had probably broken down. In fact he had come off his motorcycle at Paynters Cross and had fractured his skull. Someone must have called an ambulance because he was taken to South Devon Hospital where he died from brain injuries the following day.

    An inquest into the accident was held on 9 October presided over by W B J Major the Deputy Coroner for Plymouth was held on 9 October 1931 and the Death Certificate issued the following day.

Sources

1.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Horace James Hodge, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1907 Q2, Plympton, Vol. 5b, Page 167; Quarter and Year Apr-Jun 1907Surname HodgeGiven Names Horace JamesRegistration District Plympton. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

2.

Ibid. Cit. Date: Q2 1907. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

3.

J P W Ward, Notes on the Hodge and Dominy Families, (2010 onwards). Wallace had a twin brother Horace. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

4.

1911 England Census for Household of Charles Henry Hodge in Plymouth, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/12939; Horace James Hodge age 3 born in Plymouth, Devon daughter of Charles & Florence Hodge. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/12939.

5.

Death register entry of Horace James Hodge, 4 October 1931, General Register Office.

6.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Horace J. Hodge, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Deaths Oct-Dec 1931, Vol. 5b, Page 296; Cit. Date: Q4 1931. General Register Office.

7.

J P W Ward, Notes on the Hodge and Dominy Families, (2010 onwards). Death of Horace. Cit. Date: circa 1930. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.