George Hudson
Rank: Private
Service No: 3079
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 17/07/1915
Theatre of Death: Gallipoli
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (7th Bn.)
Memorial: Helles Memorial
Additional information: Son of William and Jane Hudson of Overton Farm, Howwood, Glasgow; husband of Margaret Hudson of 24 Greenhill Road, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs. Hudson of 24 Greenhill Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Margaret V Hudson.
1901 census information:
Address: 101 New Row, Horton, Northumberland.
Father: William (33) coal miner, born about 1868 in Backworth, Northumberland.
Mother: Jane (28) born about 1873 in Wyndham Row, Cumberland.
Brother: William (11) born about 1890 in Horton, Northumberland.
Self: George (8) born about 1892 in Scotland.
Brother: John (4) born about 1897 in Scotland.
Sister: Matilda (2) born about 1899 in Scotland.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises William 43, Jane 38, George 18, John 15 and Matilda 12.
Additional information: George married Margaret Vallance Shearer in 1911 in Rutherglen they had two children Marion Vallance Hudson and George Hudson.
Newspaper transcript – Mrs Hudson, 24 Greenhill Road, Rutherglen, has received official intimation that her husband, Private George Hudson, 1-7th H.L.I., had died of wounds received in the Dardanelles. He was employed at Messrs Dixon’s Colliery, Rutherglen, before joining the army.
Newspaper transcript – Hudson. – In loving memory of Private George Hudson, 1/7th H.L.I., who died of wounds at the Dardanelles on the 17th July, 1915.
HIs cheery ways, his shining face,
Are a pleasure to recall.
There is nothing let to answer
But his photo on the wall.
– Inserted by his Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters, Oveton, Howwood, late of 11 Regent Street, Rutherglen.
Also commemorated on the memorial in Rutherglen Old Parish Church.