John Sewell Hudson

Career Army

Biography According to the accession book entry: (2nd son of Eric Hudson) served with the Kings African Rifles throughout the 1939-45 war in Kenya, Ethiopia and Madagascar [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 31/01/2007]

County No counties listed

Relationship Other Owner

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Date made around c 1901

Dates active Unknown, active 1939-1945

Donated around 1976

English collections Army and navy revolver. Issued to Eric Hudson, a manager of the New Zealand Insurance Co. during the Boxer Rising, the revolver then passed to his oldest son Eric Carew Hudson of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, who saw active service during the 1914-18 war in Flanders and Gallipoli. It was also carried by John Sewell Hudson (2nd son of Eric Hudson) of the Kings African Rifles throughout the 1939-45 war in Kenya, Ethiopia and Madagascar. The revolver was last in service during the Mau Mau Rising in Kenya, where it was carried by Christopher Temples of the Kenya Police (a grandson of Eric Hudson)

Oxford Uni Education Unknown

Oxford based Unknown

English collection size 1

Connections Edward Hudson / Eric Hudson / Eric Carew Hudson / Christopher Temples