Memorial Title

Cpl D C Hodgkinson RAF

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 war memorial tablet at Nottingham Road New Cemetery, Chaddesden, Derby, commemorating Cpl Donald C Hodgkinson RAFVR.

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Locations

Last known location:
Compartment A1
Nottingham Road
New Cemetery
Nottingham Rd
Chaddesden
Derby

Nearest postcode:
DE21 6FN

NGR:
SK 37123 36706 ±5m
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Location details:
The grave is close to the southwestern corner of the compartment almost in the hedge bottom to the adjacent private property.

Type

Overall type: Tablet.

Overall condition At risk.

Description:

An addition to the wording on a family gravestone comprising a sandstone tablet. The tablet is one of a jumble of broken and displaced stones that presumably comprised a former family gravestone. The tablet is in the style of a noticeboard attached to a post and was formerly attached to a stone at the head of the grave. It bears an inscription incised in upright capital block lettering. Two nearby graves also have a jumble of displaced stones, some of which bear the name Hodgkinson, and it is impossible to determine which stone belongs to each grave.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Tablet	Sandstone	680	565	40	At risk
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

IN PROUD AND EVER
LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
CORP DONALD CHRISTIE
HODGKINSON
RAF
AGED 26 YEARS
WHO [GAVE HIS] LIFE
UNSELFISHLY FOR ALL HIS
FELLOW MEN WHILST A
JAPANESE P.O.W. IN
[CAMP CHAN...SHAN] BURI
[... ...] 1944
[LOVE KNOWS NO] DEATH
[IN THE] GARDEN OF
[REMEMBRANCE]

[Some lettering illegible.]

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action or event	Japanese POW forced labour.
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Hodgkinson family.

Local authorities:
From WW2: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation)
From 1974: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: Derby City Council.

History and Conservation

28th October, 2021: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in a very dilapidated condition and considered to be at risk.

References

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Comments

Cpl Hodgkinson was Cpl 992162 Donald Christie Hodgkinson, 250 AMES, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died at Kanburi Base Hospital on 17th January, 1944 aged 27 years. He is commemorated in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in the town of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, the main prisoner of war cemetery for victims of Japanese imprisonment while building the Burma Railway. It is located near the former prisoner of war base camp of Kanchanaburi.

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