Mr Henry Price Hodges
Name: Mr Henry Price Hodges
Age: 50 years
Marital Status: Married.
Last Residence: at "The Cotswolds", Highfield Lane Southampton Hampshire England
Occupation: Musical Instrument Vendor
2nd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 250643 , £13
Destination: Boston Massachusetts United States
Died in the sinking.
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 149)
Buried: Fairview Lawn Cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on Friday 10th May 1912.
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Mr Henry Price Hodges, 50, a musical instruments vendor from Highfield Lane, Southampton, England, boarded the Titanic at Southampton as second class passenger. He held ticket number 250643, price: £13. He wrote a letter to Mr Hector Young, Newtown Conservative Association in Southampton, which was posted at Queenstown:
'We've had a fine time up to now. You don't notice anything of the movement of the ship. OK on top deck there are twenty boys marching round and singing. Others are playing cards and dominoes; some are reading and some writing. Everything is quite different to what we thought to see at sea.'
Mr Hodges died in the sinking. His body was recovered by the MacKay Bennett (#149).
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NO. 149. - MALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 52. HAIR, FAIR. CLOTHING - Dark suit. EFFECTS - Card case; £40 in notes in case; gold ring; 4 gold studs; gold watch and chain; gun metal watch; gold charm; pocket knife; keys; 7s. in silver; £5 in gold. NAME - P. HODGES |
His body was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia on 10 May 1912.
Documents
Record of Bodies and Effects: Passengers and Crew, S.S. Titanic (Public
Archives of Nova Scotia)
(#149)
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]).
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the
voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
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