{"id":1243,"date":"2013-04-13T10:46:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T10:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=1243"},"modified":"2025-01-13T11:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T11:28:05","slug":"edward-hughes-dodgson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/edward-hughes-dodgson\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Hughes Dodgson"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1243\" data-postid=\"1243\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1243 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_z5yw52 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_1mv852 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_t16m972 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Edward Hughes Dodgson<br><strong>DoB: \u00a0<\/strong>September 5 1876<br><strong>Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>5th Battallion, Border &amp; Sapper 160531 Royal Engineers<strong><br><\/strong><strong>DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>May \u00a03 1918 at a casualty clearing station<strong><br><\/strong><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: CGS\u00a0\u00a0May 1893 \u2013 July 1895 as a boarder<br><strong>Other:\u00a0<\/strong>son of Henry\u00a0 Dodgson Esq., Derwent House, Cockermouth.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_wo0n483 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_62c5d9a image-center   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dodgson.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"321\" title=\"Edward Hughes Dodgson\" alt=\"Edward Hughes Dodgson\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_4de2476 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_1cdf350 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_f1f2374 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Biographical Information<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-f1f2374-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-f1f2374-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-f1f2374-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-f1f2374-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_5of1562\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_xtfk562 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_j63c562   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Edward Hughes Dodgson was one of eleven children born to Cockermouth Doctor Henry Dodgson and his wife Frances. Sadly his father died in July 1882 leaving his mother to bring up the surviving seven\u00a0daughters and two sons. His father left nearly \u00a38,000 in his will equivalent to \u00a3386,000 today. The Dodgsons had lived in the Cockermouth area for several generations and although his mother was born in London her mother was also from the area. For over 40 years the family home was Derwent House, Crown Street, Cockermouth.<em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-f1f2374-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-f1f2374-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-f1f2374-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-f1f2374-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_463s562\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_411i562 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lqdy562   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Edward\u00a0 along with his older brother was first sent to Pocklington Grammar School in Yorkshire and then moved to Carlisle Grammar School. Edward made an impact on the sports field; he was good at the steeplechase and the \u201c<em>The Carlio<\/em>l\u201d published the following glowing tribute to him in July 1895 \u201c<em>We are sorry to say that our athletics will suffer by the retirement from our midst of\u2026\u2026\u2026..and E.H.Dodgson. We can only say that we hope they will do as well in their new careers as they have in the cricket field<\/em>\u201d. He won the chemistry prize in 1895.<\/p>\n<p>His brother Henry followed in his father\u2019s footsteps and became a doctor. Edward qualified as a land agent and surveyor in 1904. <em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-f1f2374-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-f1f2374-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-f1f2374-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-f1f2374-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_oo1c561\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_jqu5561 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3pxy561   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>In 1906 Edward was appointed as a Second Lieutenant in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0Cumberland Volunteer Battalion of the Border Regt. On \u00a0June 30 1908 Edward along with others was transferred to the 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion of the Border Regt. He was listed as being part of the officer corps of the 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0battalion when it was mobilised on Aug 4 1914. The Memorial Register states that he was a Captain in the Border Regt. \u00a0In October 1914 the Cumberland News carried the following brief report<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFifth Border Regt<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The following letter has been sent to us from Fleetwood:- The men at Fleetwood are men, who by medical examination have been found to be unfit for foreign service, and men under the age limit, but nevertheless are doing very arduous duties. It is guard every other night and drill the day they are not on guard, which is necessary to get the men into shipshape. They are a happy lot of men, and the officers in charge are very nice gentlemen, and are worthy of the name of officer and gentlemen. The Commandant is Capt. Dodgson. He is a good officer to the men, very level headed, will be stern with the men where it is needed, and I must say all through is very human. I hope that the Cumberland people do not think because the men at Fleetwood cannot go on foreign service that they are not doing a great duty, although not fighting. They are doing a great duty in defence of their country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However the CWGC lists him as a sapper in the Royal Engineers, his parents\u2019 headstone also lists him as being in the Royal Engineers. \u00a0The most likely scenario seems to be that when in 1916 the Royal Engineers formed the 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Field Survey Company, qualified surveyors were drafted in from other battalions.\u00a0 The drop in rank is surprising. He died at a casualty clearing station and is buried at the Aire Communal Cemetery. He left \u00a32,200 in his will equivalent to \u00a3100,000 today.<em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-f1f2374-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-f1f2374-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Battalion:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-f1f2374-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-f1f2374-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_gs0v561\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_dub0561 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_h5j9561   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Capt. 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Battallion Border Regt 1914. Royal Engineers 1918<em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-f1f2374-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-f1f2374-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-f1f2374-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-f1f2374-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_gh17561\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_eosi561 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_vpg7561   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Edward married Annie Ritson in the summer of 1913. Of Edward\u2019s eight surviving siblings none appear to have had children. His sister Grace travelled the world as a nurse. Janet, Frances and Mabel went to Canada but were still unmarried in their forties. And Lilian and Margaret married in their mid forties. Edith hasn\u2019t as yet been traced.<\/p>\n<p>Edward\u2019s widow was living at Ridgemount, Maryport when he died. The family had his gravestone inscribed with<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201d Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Dodgson family were friends with the Gilbanks family.<em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-f1f2374-5\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-f1f2374-5-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-f1f2374-5-content\" data-id=\"acc-f1f2374-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_nsei561\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_bbhy561 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_uuwk561   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><em>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlisle School Memorial Register 1264-1924<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Society of Genealogists GWR Shareholders list<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Probate Registers via Ancestry website 1882 &amp; 1918<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find my past Great War Database<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Census:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1911 RG14 31412<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1901 RG13 4054 90 26<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1891 RG12 4301 (MOTHER) Edward at Pocklington School<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1881 RG11 5172 105 45<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>f) WO 95\/2402 the Border Regt War Diary for April 1918contains no reference to Edward.<\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_496327b last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Information Name:\u00a0Edward Hughes Dodgson DoB: \u00a0September 5 1876 Regt:\u00a05th Battallion, Border &amp; Sapper 160531 Royal Engineers DoD:\u00a0May \u00a03 1918 at a casualty clearing station Academic Career: CGS\u00a0\u00a0May 1893 \u2013 July 1895 as a boarder Other:\u00a0son of Henry\u00a0 Dodgson Esq., Derwent House, Cockermouth. 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