THE FAMILY OF MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES HUDSON VC DONATES HIS VC GROUP TO THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS MUSEUM, NOTTINGHAM |
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28 May 2003 |
On Wednesday, 28th May 2003, the surviving son of Major-General Charles Hudson donated his father's Victoria Cross medal group to the Regimental Museum of the Sherwood Foresters based in Nottingham Castle. The group was handed over into the care of Colonel John Hackett of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and chairman of the Museum Trustees.
For the award of the Victoria Cross. [ London Gazette, 11 July 1918 ]. Near Asiago, Italy, 15 June 1918, T / Lieutenant Colonel Charles Edward Hudson, DSO, MC, comd 11th Bn, The Sherwood Foresters ( Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment ).
"For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when his battalion was holding the right front sector during an attack on the British front. The shelling had been very heavy on the right, the trench destroyed, and considerable casualties had occurred, and all the officers on the spot had been killed or wounded. This enabled the enemy to penetrate our front line. The enemy pushed their advance as far as the support line which was the key to our right flank. The situation demanded immediate action.
Charles Hudson was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 18th September 1918.
For the award of the Military Cross
[ London Gazette, 25 November 1916 ], Temp Captain Charles Edward Hudson, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment.
Created a Companion to the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO )
[ London Gazette, 16 August 1917 ], T / Major Charles Edward Hudson MC, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment.
For the award of a Bar to the Companion of the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO )
[ London Gazette, 26 November 1917 ], T / Major Charles Edward Hudson DSO, MC, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment.
Charles Hudson was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset, and at Sandhurst, entering the Army in November 1914. Following his VC action with the 11th Battalion at Asiago, Western Italy, in June 1918, Hudson returned to Command the 2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters in France and then Cologne. He was sent to Russia in April 1919 as Brigade Major to the Vlozda Force, North Russia, until 30 August 1920. Charles Hudson died on 4 April 1959, aged 66, at St Mary's, Scilly Isles, and was buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Denbury, near Newton Abbot, Devon.
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Iain Stewart, 4 June 2003