Edward Hodge

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General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge GCB (19 April 1810 – 10 December 1894) was a British Army officer.

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

He was the son of Major Edward Hodge (1782–1815) of the 7th Hussars, a notable soldier who distinguished himself throughout the Napoleonic wars, particularly in the Peninsula and in the campaign leading to the battle of Waterloo, where he was killed at the cavalry skirmish at Genappe, the day before the great battle.

As a Lieutenant-Colonel, Edward Cooper Hodge commanded the 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in comemnd of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and later rose to the rank of General.

Hodge was the author of a diary, edited by the Marquess of Anglesey and published as "Little Hodge: Being Extracts from the Diaries and Letters of Colonel Edward Cooper Hodge Written During the Crimean War, 1854-1856"

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

References

Drawing and biography of his father

Military offices
Preceded by Sir James Chatterton	Colonel of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 1874–1894	Succeeded by William Godfrey Dunham Massy

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Persondata
Name	Hodge, Edward Cooper, Sir
Alternative names
Short description	British Army officer
Date of birth	19 April 1810
Place of birth
Date of death	10 December 1894
Place of death

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