Private Frank Hodge
9955 2nd East Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 11th January 1915, aged 23
Lived at 6 Towneley Street
Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, France

BURNLEY LANE LADS DEATH (Burnley Express 10/3/1915 (P))

Burnley Lane people will be sorry to learn of the death of Pte. Frank Hodge, of the 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. His father who now lives at 11 Pickering-street, Briercliffe , has now received official intimation from the War Office stating that his son was killed in action on the 11th January. The deceased young man, who was formerly a weaver in the Burnley Lane district, was well known, and prior to joining the Army resided with his father at Briercliffe. He was 23 years of age and had been in the army six years. At the outbreak of war he was with his regiment in South Africa, and straightaway was moved into the fighting line. Previously he had seen service in India.
Pte. John Hodge, a brother of the deceased, is at the present time in training with the East Lancashire’s, preparatory to going to the front.

(Burnley Express & Advertiser 10th March 1915)