Edward Hodge

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

Biography

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Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

Hodge 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 War and in the Waterloo Campaign. He was killed on the retreat from Quatre Bras to Waterloo in the cavalry action at Genappe, the day before the Battle of Waterloo.

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 command 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.

Family

In 1860 Edward Cooper Hodge married Lucy Anne, second daughter of James Rimingt'on. Esq, of Broomhead Hall, Yorkshire

Further reading

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