Colonel William Chauval HODGSON
Forename(s): William Chauval
Surname: HODGSON
Colonel Commanding 79th Cameron HighlandersDate of birth: 1823 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 1 Mar 1872
Date of burial: 5 Mar 1872
Age at death: 49 years
Address: Parkhurst Barracks, Parish of Carisbrooke
Section: D - Cemetery map
Plot No: 1163 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 1374
Carisbrooke Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
South side:IN MEMORY OF
COLONEL WILLIAM CHAUVAL HODGSON.
79TH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.
WHO DIED AT PARKHURST 1ST MARCH 1872.
AGED 49 YEARS.
AFTER 32 YEARS SERVICE IN THE REGIMENT.
North face:
HIS BROTHER OFFICERS AND MANY COMRADES
WHO FORMERLY SERVED WITH HIM IN THE REGIMENT
HAVE UNITED IN RAISING THIS MONUMENT
AS A MARK OF THEIR ESTEEM AND REGARD.
Transcription by: Tony Barton