Charles Hudson (VC)

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|name= Charles Hudson
|image= Charles Edward Hudson.jpg
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|caption= Charles Hudson VC, pictured here sometime in 1918.
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1892|05|29|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Derby]], [[Derbyshire]], England
|death_date= {{death date and age|1959|04|04|1892|05|29|df=yes}}
|death_place= [[St Mary's, Isles of Scilly]], England
|placeofburial= St Mary's Churchyard, [[Denbury]], [[Devon]], England
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]]
|servicenumber= 10029
|serviceyears= 1914–1946
|rank= [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]]
|unit= [[Sherwood Foresters]] [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
|commands= [[182nd (2nd Warwickshire) Brigade|182nd Infantry Brigade]] (1941–1943) [[159th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|159th Infantry Brigade]] (1941) [[46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|46th Infantry Division]] (1940–1941) [[2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Brigade]] (1938–1940) 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (1918) 11th (Service) Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]] (1918)
|battles= [[First World War]] [[Russian Civil War]] [[Second World War]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] & [[Medal bar|Bar]] [[Military Cross]] [[Mentioned in Despatches]] (5) [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] (France) [[Silver Medal of Military Valor]] (Italy)
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[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] '''Charles Edward Hudson''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|VC|CB|DSO1|MC}} (29 May 1892 – 4 April 1959) was a [[British Army]] officer and an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Early life==
Charles Edward Hudson was born in [[Derby]] on 29 May 1892, [[Oak Apple Day]], the second son and third child of Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Edward Hudson of the [[Sherwood Foresters]] and his wife .<ref name="Smart162">Smart, p. 162</ref>{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=29}} He was educated at a [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in [[East Grinstead]], Surrey, and later at [[Sherborne School]], Dorset, which he attended from September 1905 to July 1910.{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=29}} Charles did not stand out during his time at Sherborne School. He later recounted, in his journal published in the biography by his son, Miles Hudson, ''Two Lives 1892–1992'', that being morbidly afraid of physical pain he was "terribly conscious of being a coward on the football field" and that it was not until he had been at Sherborne for some years that he was able to overcome these physical fears.<ref>''Two Lives 1892–1992. The Memoirs of Charles Edward Hudson, VC, CB, DSO, MC, and Miles Matthew Lee Hudson, also some poems by Charles Edward Hudson'' (privately published by Wilton 65, Bishop Wilton, York, September 1992</ref>

After leaving Sherborne, Hudson went to the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College at Sandhurst]], where he encountered [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Harold Alexander]] and admired him greatly, with the two becoming great friends, but was unable to finish the one-year course owing to the death of his father. Instead he went to [[Ceylon]] and from 1912 to 1914 worked as an apprentice tea planter, also engaged in the first experimental rubber planting on the island.<ref>Hudson, pps. 25-26</ref> There, he served part-time in the [[Ceylon Mounted Rifles]], in an independent section formed of six young Europeans in the district he was working.<ref>Hudson, p. 27</ref>

==First World War==
On the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in August 1914, Hudson returned to England and was granted a [[Officer (armed forces)|commission]] as a [[Acting rank|temporary]] [[second lieutenant]] in his father's regiment, the Sherwood Foresters, on 17 November 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28977|page=9410|date=17 November 1914}}</ref>{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=29}} He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 8 February 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29094|page=2371|date=9 March 1915}}</ref> and a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 11 October 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29382|page=11878|date=26 November 1915|supp=y}}</ref> acting [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 21 November 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29908|page=737|date=16 January 1917|supp=y}}</ref> permanent captain in the [[Regular army|Regular Army]] on 13 May 1917<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30443|page=13436|date=21 December 1917|supp=y}}</ref> and temporary lieutenant-colonel on 8 March 1918,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30637|page=4706|date=16 April 1918}}</ref> ending the war as an acting lieutenant-colonel, having been promoted on 29 September.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31102|page=144|date=2 January 1919|supp=y}}</ref>

He was posted to the newly raised 11th (Service) Battalion, a [[Kitchener's Army]] unit, with whom he served in [[Western Front (World War I)|France and Belgium]], most notably during the [[Battle of the Somme]], and [[Italian Front (World War I)|Italy]] from 1917, ending the war with the rank of temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]], having been promoted to that rank on 23 November 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30503|page=1514|date=28 January 1918|supp=y}}</ref>{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=31}} shortly after becoming [[Commanding Officer]] (CO) of his battalion, aged just 25. The battalion, composed largely of civilian volunteers from coalfields in the counties of [[Derbyshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]], formed part of the [[70th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|70th Brigade]] of the [[23rd Division (United Kingdom)|23rd Division]] and left for France in August 1915.{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=29}}

During the conflict he received numerous military honours: in 1916 he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] (MC), in 1917 the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) and [[Medal bar|Bar]], and in 1918 the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC).<ref name="Smart162"/> He was also [[mentioned in despatches]] five times, on 15 June 1916, 30 May 1916, 21 December 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30441|page=13365|date=18 December 1917|supp=y}}</ref> 6 January 1919, 9 July 1919 and 3 February 1920,<ref>Hudson, p. 232</ref> and was awarded the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] and the Italian [[Silver Medal of Military Valor]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31039|page=14098|date=26 November 1918|supp=y}}</ref> He was awarded a Bar to his DSO on 23 November 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30399|page=12315|date=23 November 1917|supp=y}}</ref>{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=33}} The bar's citation reads as follows:

{{Quote|For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was in command of a sector of the front line for several days during an action, and organised and carried out the defence of the position under continuous and violent enemy shelling. It was entirely due to his organisation and personal supervision of the work that the line was able to resist heavy enemy counter-attacks. He showed splendid leadership and great energy and courage.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30614|page=4196|date=6 April 1918|supp=y}}</ref>}}

At the age of just 26, Hudson was one of the youngest [[Old Shirburnians]] to be awarded the VC.<ref name="Smart162"/>

In ''Testament of Youth'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Brittain|first=Vera|title=Testament of youth: an autobiographical study of the years 1900–1925|publisher=Penguin|year=1989|isbn=0140188444}} After the book's publication, in 1934, Hudson got in touch with Brittain and told her that her brother had been under threat of court martial because of his alleged homosexual relations with men in his company, see Paul Berry and [[Mark Bostridge]], ''Vera Brittain: A Life'', 1995</ref> [[Vera Brittain]] describes several meetings with the convalescent Hudson while she was trying to discover the circumstances of the death of her brother, Captain [[Edward Brittain]], who had served under Hudson, and was killed on 15 June 1918 in the attack in which Hudson won his VC.{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=28}}

===VC action===
Hudson was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 15 June 1918 near [[Asiago]], Italy, during the [[Second Battle of the Piave River]], as a 26-year-old temporary lieutenant-colonel in command of the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. The citation appeared in a supplement to ''[[The London Gazette]]'' on 11 July 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30790|page=8155|date=9 July 1918}}</ref>
{{quote|Capt. (T./Lt.-Col.) Charles Edward Hudson, D.S.O., M.C., [[Sherwood Foresters|Notts. & Derby. R.]]

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 were 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. Lt.-Col. Hudson, recognising its gravity, at once collected various headquarter details, such as orderlies, servants, runners, etc., and, together with some Allies, personally led them up the hill.

Driving the enemy dawn the hill towards our front line, he again led a party of about five up the trench, where there were about 200 enemy, in order to attack them from the flank. He then with two men got out of the trench and rushed the position, shouting to the enemy to surrender, some of whom did. He was then severely wounded by a [[hand grenade|bomb]] which exploded on his foot. Although in great pain, he gave directions for the counter-attack to be continued, and this was done successfully, about 100 prisoners and six machine-guns being taken.

Without doubt the high courage and determination displayed by Lt.-Col. Hudson saved a serious situation, and had it not been for his quick determination in organising the counter-attack a large number of the enemy would have dribbled through, and counter-attack on a larger scale would have been necessary to restore the situation.}}

==Between the wars==
After the war, Hudson, against advice and having embarked with a [[United States Navy|US Navy]] ship, volunteered to serve in the [[North Russia Intervention]] during the [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War]], where he was deployed as a brigade staff officer under the command of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] [[Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside|Edmund Ironside]] at [[Arkhangelsk|Archangel]].<ref>Hudson, pps. 122-147</ref><ref name="Smart162"/>

Returning to England, in 1920 Hudson married Gladys Lee, from [[Glendale, Northumberland]], who he had first met in London after having been wounded in Italy in 1918. They had two sons, John Patrick Charles, born on 11 April 1922, who was killed in North Africa in 1943, and Miles Matthew Lee, born on 17 August 1925.<ref>Hudson, pps. 151−152</ref> Their first years of marriage, spent in Derby, were difficult, and Hudson, initially unwilling to do so, chose to remain in the army, although the pay was barely sufficient, and both he and his wife had to live on army rations.<ref>Hudson, pps. 150−151</ref>

The first few years of Hudson's service as a Regular Army officer were spent mainly on regimental duties, initially as [[adjutant]] to his regiment's 3rd (Militia) Battalion, holding this post from 11 March 1920<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31893|page=5348|date=7 May 1920|supp=y}}</ref> until 10 March 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32930|page=3349|date=25 April 1924}}</ref> He attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]] from 1926 to 1927, where his fellow students included [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Harold Alexander]], [[William Holden (British Army officer)|William Holden]], [[Douglas Wimberley]], [[Rob Lockhart]], [[Richard Lewis (British Army officer)|Richard Lewis]], [[Roy Bucher]], [[John George Walters Clark|George Clark]], [[Richard Bond (British Army officer)|Richard Bond]], [[Eric Harrison (British Army officer)|Eric Harrison]], [[Sidney Archibald (British Army officer)|Sidney Archibald]], [[George Wood (British Army officer)|George Wood]], [[Reginald Nolder (British Army officer)|Reginald Nolder]], [[Euan Miller]], [[Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge|Brian Robertson]] and [[Noel Holmes]], all of whom were to become [[general officer]]s in the upcoming war. His instructors included men such as [[Wilfrid Gordon Lindsell|Wilfrid Lindsell]], [[Bernard Paget]], [[Ronald Forbes Adam|Ronald Adam]], [[Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke|Alan Brooke]] and [[Bernard Montgomery]], [[Robert Gordon-Finlayson]], [[Henry Pownall]] and [[Harold Franklyn]].<ref>Hudson, pps. 153−154</ref> Hudson's time there was not particularly distinguished, and by the end of his first year he was almost dropped from the course, for being either consistently lazy or lacking in interest. Hudson was critical of, and often rebelled against, the methods his instructors used, believing them to not differ significantly from the methods used by the senior commanders in the Great War, which often failed with a heavy cost in human life. He furthermore believed that the Staff College's training was inadequate if the army was to fight another major European war.<ref>Hudson, p. 155</ref> His attitude was described by his instructors as awkward and often inclined to be pig-headed. Nevertheless, Hudson, for the most part, enjoyed his time there and he was recommended for future employment.<ref>Hudson, p. 154</ref>

Soon after graduating from the Staff College, Hudson returned to his regiment's 1st Battalion, then stationed in [[Northern Ireland]], serving there for six months, before he transferred on 27 July 1928 to the [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] (KOSB), with the rank of major,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{London Gazette|issue=33434|page=7016|date=30 October 1928}}</ref> after being told that there was little chance of promotion in his own regiment.<ref>Hudson, pps. 156−157</ref> After serving with [[Malaya Command]] as a [[Staff (military)|staff officer]] from 1930 to 1932, he was promoted to [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33786|page=49|date=1 January 1932}}</ref> He became a Chief Instructor in the grade of General Staff Officer Grade 3 (GSO3) at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 31 January 1933<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33909|page=828|date=7 February 1933}}</ref> until 31 January 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34371|page=1082|date=16 February 1937}}</ref> He then returned to the 2nd Battalion of his regiment, serving in the [[Catterick Garrison]], North Yorkshire, before moving down to [[Portsmouth]] to become part of the [[9th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|9th Infantry Brigade]], commanded by Brigadier Bernard Montgomery, who had been one of Hudson's Staff College instructors.<ref>Hudson, pps. 157−158</ref>

Hudson was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel on 30 April 1938 and, on 2 June, to the temporary rank of brigadier<ref name="ReferenceA"/> (and full colonel on the same date)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34508|page=2927|date=6 May 1938}}</ref> and took command of the [[2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Brigade]]. The brigade was one of three which formed part of the [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|1st Infantry Division]], whose [[General Officer Commanding]] (GOC) was Major-General Harold Alexander, an old friend from Sandhurst and Camberley days. This move was initiated by [[Leslie Hore-Belisha]], the new [[Secretary of State for War]], who wanted to promote younger officers.<ref>Hudson, p. 158</ref>

==Second World War==
Soon after the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in September 1939, Hudson led his brigade overseas to France as part of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF). The brigade, after several months of relative inactivity during the "[[Phoney War]]" period, saw action throughout May 1940, when the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]] launched its [[Battle of France|invasion of France]], which resulted in the brigade, along with the rest of the BEF, being forced to [[Battle of Dunkirk|retreat to Dunkirk]], from where it was [[Dunkirk evacuation|evacuated to England]] in late May/early June.<ref>Hudson, pps. 165−176</ref>

For his services in France and Belgium Hudson was made a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB) on 11 July.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34893|page=4244|date=9 July 1940|supp=y}}</ref> With the threat of a [[Operation Sea Lion|German invasion of the United Kingdom]], Hudson's brigade, along with the rest of the division, now commanded by Major-General [[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Kenneth Anderson]] after Alexander was promoted to command [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I Corps]], commenced anti-invasion duties, including beach defence, until mid-December when Hudson received his first divisional command.<ref>Hudson, pps. 177−182</ref>

Promoted to the acting rank of major-general on 14 December,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35047|page=402|date=17 January 1941}}</ref> Hudson became GOC of the [[46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|46th Infantry Division]], a second-line [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) formation, taking over from Major-General [[Desmond Anderson]]. Formed in October 1939 as a duplicate of the [[49th (West Riding) Infantry Division]], the 46th Division comprised the [[137th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|137th]], [[138th (Lincoln and Leicester) Brigade|138th]] and [[139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade|139th Infantry Brigade]]s, along with supporting divisional troops. The division, minus its divisional troops, had fought in France with the BEF, sustaining extremely heavy casualties due to its poor level of training, and after being evacuated, was then serving in [[Scotland]] under [[Scottish Command]], reorganising after its heavy losses. Soon after Hudson became GOC, in early January 1941 the 46th Division moved to [[Cambridgeshire]], then [[Norfolk]], where it came under the command of [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] [[Edmund Osborne]]'s [[II Corps (United Kingdom)|II Corps]], serving under [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] and, like it had in Scotland, focused on reorganising and training to repel a German invasion, although then considered unlikely in winter.<ref>Hudson, p. 184</ref> Hudson only held the command for just over five months, until May 1941, after a dispute with Osborne, his senior officer, which resulted in his demotion to the substantive rank of colonel,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35172|page=3004|date=23 May 1941|supp=y}}</ref> and he never again held a divisional command, nor regained his rank of major-general.<ref name="Smart162"/> Osborne, who, possibly envious of Hudson being the holder of a VC, interfered with Hudson's command, writing to his battalion and brigade commanders without Hudson knowing, organising exercises, and visiting the division without informing its GOC.<ref>Hudson, pps. 184-185</ref> Hudson wrote an official letter of complaint. Osborne arrived, apologised and promised that he would no longer interfere, and went away on two weeks' leave. However, when he returned Hudson received an official report that he was, in his corps commander's opinion, unfit to command a division.<ref>Hudson, pps. 185-186</ref> Hudson, following Osborne's own advice, appealed, unsuccessfully, and he lost command of the division.<ref name="Hudson, p. 187">Hudson, p. 187</ref> He was succeeded as GOC of the 46th Division by Major-General [[Douglas Wimberley]], a fellow student at the Staff College in the mid-1920s, who was sympathetic to Hudson's plight. Hudson wrote that "There are few blows in life which are more shattering than wounded pride. I felt personally shamed and disgraced. I had worn the insignia of a general long enough to become known to relatives, friends and acquaintances as such, and now I had to tell them that I had dropped to a rank lower than that I held before the war".<ref name="Hudson, p. 187"/>

After his demotion, he briefly commanded the [[159th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|159th Infantry Brigade]], part of the TA [[53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division]], then serving in Northern Ireland, but was soon sent to command the [[182nd (2nd Warwickshire) Brigade|182nd Brigade]], part of the [[61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|61st Infantry Division]], another TA formation which was also serving as [[British Troops in Northern Ireland]].<ref name="Smart162"/> The division returned to the mainland in February 1943, moving to [[Essex]] and took part in [[Exercise Spartan]], and moved to [[Kent]] in May, and the division was initially selected to play a role in [[Operation Overlord]], the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[invasion of Normandy]], only to be reduced to the Lower Establishment soon after, becoming essentially a training formation with the intention of supplying replacements to overseas units. Handing over command of the 182nd Brigade to Brigadier [[John Nichols (British Army officer)|John Nichols]] in late November, he became [[aide-de-camp]] to [[George VI|King George VI]] from 1944 until his retirement from the army in 1946.<ref name="Smart162"/>

==Postwar==
He was awarded the [[Order of St John of Jerusalem]] (Commander). He died on holiday in the [[Scilly Isles]] on 4 April 1959, at the age of 66, with the cause of death being [[coronary thrombosis]].{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=33}} Hudson was buried at St Mary's Church, [[Denbury]] in South Devon.

An obituary for Brigadier Charles Edward Hudson was published in the ''Old Shirburnian Society Annual Report'' in September 1959, reading:
{{quote|The decorations bestowed on Charles Edward Hudson themselves give proof of his calibre as a soldier: V.C., C.B., D.S.O and bar, M.C., Croix de Guerre, and Italian Silver Medal for Valour. He was a graduate of the Staff College, had been the Chief Instructor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1933 to 1936, had commanded a Battalion and Infantry Brigade and from 1944 to 1946 was an A.D.C. to the King. In 1949 he became the Devon County Commissioner of St Johns Ambulance Brigade and later, Chairman of the Order of St John in Devon. His two sons were both Shirburnians – J.P.C. Hudson (Harper House 1936–1940) was killed in action in North Africa in 1943, and M.M.L. Hudson (Harper House 1939–1943) is a Major in the 12th Royal Lancers. His brother T.H. Hudson was at The Green from 1903 to 1906. It was most fitting that such a distinguished Shirburnian whose own son was amongst those whose memory was there to be perpetuated, should perform the ceremony opening the Big Schoolroom on 10 November 1956. His speech on that occasion will still be fresh in the minds of those who heard it.<ref>Obituary for Brigadier Charles Edward Hudson, ''Old Shirburnian Society Annual Report'', September 1959.</ref>}}

His medals are on display at [[Nottingham Castle]].<ref>[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbhudson.htm The family of Major-General Charles Hudson]</ref>

==Writings==
Hudson wrote his memoirs in a 730-page journal later published by his son Miles in 1992. He also wrote many poems based on experiences as far back as childhood that were also unpublished in his lifetime, as were two radio plays (never produced), ten short stories and many reflections on secular subjects. His only work that was published in his lifetime was several [[chess]] problems that appeared in chess magazines.<ref>Hudson, p. 223</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Gliddon|first=Gerald|year=2005|title=The Sideshows|series=[[VCs of the First World War]]|location=Gloucestershire, England|publisher=Sutton Publishing|isbn=978-0-7509-2084-1}}
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}
*Miles Hudson, ''Soldier, Poet, Rebel: The Extraordinary Life of Charles Hudson VC'' (The History Press Ltd., 2007). {{ISBN|978-0-7509-4436-6}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041220072833/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/devonshi.htm Burial location of Charles Hudson] "Devonshire"
*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbhudson.htm News item] "Charles Hudson's Victoria Cross donated to the Sherwood Foresters Museum"
*[http://www.generals.dk/general/Hudson/Charles_Edward/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
*{{Find a Grave|8111309}}
*[http://www.sherborne.org/school/School_Archives/ Sherborne School Archives]

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