HODNETT Leslie Owen

  • First Name(s):
    Leslie 
    Owen 
  • Surname:
    HODNETT
  • Service Number:
    1158544
  • Rank:

    Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th June 1941
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Wollaston (St James) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England, Old part, N.W. of church tower.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William Henry and Alice Victoria Hodnett, of Stourbridge

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HODNETT Leslie Owen Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Further Information About HODNETT Leslie Owen

Appears on the Royal Air Force casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from H.J. Winnington, Honorary Secretary of PCC, St James Church, Wollaston dated 17th December 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Sergeant Leslie O. Hodnett, RAF be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched and transcribed by The Black Country Society:
Leslie Hodnett lived at 7 Firmstone Street, Wollaston, and was educated at King Edward’s School. He had been active in the village as Sunday School teacher, cub master and church sidesman. He worked in the fitting shop of Bailey, Pegg and Co. and volunteered for the Royal Air Force. He was selected for air crew and qualified as Sergeant Air Gunner. However, just a week after his nineteenth birthday he was killed in a flying accident. His funeral took place at St. James’s church and he was buried in the churchyard.

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