Henry Hodgson (bishop)

[7] Hodgson was the Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 1904 to 1914, when he was elevated to the episcopate as the inaugural Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

Prime Minister Asquith, the key figure in the appointment to bishoprics, mentioned Hodgson's name to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Davidson, who was unimpressed.

In October, 1916, he wrote "We have taken up arms on behalf of righteousness, truth and liberty; we look in the strenuous labours of the campaign, to moral and spiritual forces for support and final victory".

[citation needed] The diocesan magazines are filled with reports from parishes supporting the War effort.

For example, it was reported in December, 1914, that £6 had been raised in a house-to-house collection in Cockfield for soldiers blankets, that Barrow had 100 men on active service, and that a YMCA tent had been erected on the green at Beyton.