Friday 4th December 1914

In training at Aldershot.

In Brighouse, Agnes Hoddinott, wife of Sgt. Herbert Henry Hoddinott (see below) gave birth to the couple’s tenth child; the boy would be named Herbert Montagu Soames Hoddinott, after one of Sgt. Hoddinott’s Company officers, Lt. Herbert Montagu Soames Carpenter (see 17^th October). Hoddinott was a 44 year-old window cleaner from Brighouse. He had previously served 15 years with the Regiment, including serving in the South African War. On re-enlisting on 7^th September he had immediately been appointed Sergeant.

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