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Surname:Dodge
Initials:H J W
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/2324
Notes:MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (5) East Africa, 9/3/1916. 23/8/1919 discharged no longer physically fit for war service.
Info from Pension Index Cards:- Widow, Edith May 27/3/61. Dodge, Henry James William, MFP, P/2324, 23/8/19 to discharge, 33 Beaufort Road, St Thomas's Exeter, 11/W/120837, Stamp: Ad 13/9/19 at 5/6 from 24/8/19 to 2/9/19, Chelsea No. MVO/2536, received 15/9/19. Also:- MINISTRY OF PENSIONS AND NATIONAL INSURANCE. CLAIMANT. 11/W/120837, 8/MD/1395, Dodge, Edith May, Man's name, Dodge, Henry James William, DIED 9/3/61, P.2324, relationship to man Widow. Also:- 8/MD/1395. Dodge, Henry James, MFP, P/2324, L/Cpl, 23/8/19 to discharge, born 1886, married, 33 Beaufort Road, St Thomas's, Exeter, Devon, 24/8/19 he was awarded a pension for prolapsed noc? following abscess, attr, Restat abscess, attr, last entry 8/11/22 disability 40% pension 16/- per week + 7/- for wife and 1 child from 6/12/22 to 4/12/23.
Henry James William Dodge.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/191 Sept. 16, 1919)
Citation: Badge No. B300205. Enlisted 27/10/1915, Discharged 23/8/1919. K.R. 392 (xvi). A.O. 29/19. Age 33years. Served abroad.