I am trying to assist an old gent with information about his father who was in WW2 as a Royal Marine. 101928 Alfred Michael Hodgson, Royal Marine all that the gent knows was that his dad Alfred was born about 1917, married in 1939 and that whilst in the RM did 3 months in Southsea. He thinks with no evidence that he may have been there training for the cockle shell hero’s. He does get a little confused and said in the film that when the names were called out his dads name was amongst them. 1) can anybody assist with any information on Alfred please 2) is there a roll call of the CSHeros anywhere. Thanks very much for any assistance
There is loads about Operation Frankton on the Internet. The men are named in this link - Operation Frankton - the "Cockleshell Heroes" The Jose Ferrer film is regularly on TV. Steve
sorry to state but get him to apply for the service records Get a copy of military service records you can help him with that if you can is this him birth record Births Dec 1917 (>99%) mothers maiden name Hoban Hodgson Alfred M (Hoban ) Hull 9d 365 where did you get the service number from it shows as RASC at time of joining see here re RM service numbers https://www.rmhistorical.com/images/RM Register Numbers.pdf
1939 England and Wales Register Name: Alfred M Hodgson Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Birth Date: 23 Sep 1917 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 18 Colonial St Residence Place: Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire (East Riding), England Occupation: Petrolean Salesman Line Number: 43 Schedule Number: 85 Sub Schedule Number: 5 Enumeration District: JAQO Borough: Kingston-upon-Hull Registration district: 522-4 England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Alfred M Hodgson Registration Date: Oct 1940 [Nov 1940] [Dec 1940] Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Holderness Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding Spouse: Olive Dickinson Volume Number: 9d Page Number: 344 Death cert details if he wants to send off for service records England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Alfred M Hodgson Death Age: 45 Birth Date: abt 1918 Registration Date: Jan 1963 [Feb 1963] [Mar 1963] Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Holderness Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding Volume: 2a Page: 92 I would think service records are the way to go From Tullybrones link: The force was split into 2 Divisions. In A were Catfish (Hasler & Marine Sparks), Crayfish (Corporal Laver & Marine Mills) and Conger (Corporal Sheard & Marine Moffatt) while B had Cuttlefish (Lieutenant MacKinnon & Marine Conway), Coalfish (Sergeant Wallace & Marine Ewart) and Cachalot (Marines Ellery & Fisher). Maybe he trained and never went or was injured before the operation - records will tell you TD
Thanks forget to mention I am assisting him with getting his fathers service records but I know at present these take a while. thanks for the above
Mention in Despatches. Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Alfred Michael HODGSON, R.M., Po.X. 101928. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 11th DECEMBER, 1945 https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/7319.pdf Number has the correct prefixes . Kyle
Mr Jinks I have tried to open the link but it just gives me the below . Any chance of a picture please?
Hi Here it is - SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 11 DECEMBER, 1945 6003 Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Alfred Michael HODGSON, R.M., Po.X. 101928. I have just cut the appropriate parts from the LG. The rest of the page is just a list of other names. You can look it up here The Gazette | Official Public Record regards Robert
