According to the 1873 Guide to the Church this memorial was originally sited in the North Transept, an area now largely occupied by the organ. It is believed that the memorial remains in situ behind the organ.
Further Information
Extract from The Hampshire Telegraph of Monday, December 31, 1838
"DIED.
On Wednesday night, at Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth, deeply regretted by his brother officers, Lieut Christopher Hodgson, of the 84th Regiment, leaving a widow and three young children to lament their loss. A more melancholy death it has seldom fallen to our lot to record; Lieut. Hodgson on Christmas Day attended Divine Service at the Garrison Chapel in perfect health, on going round with the soldiers dinners, he was seized with an apopletic fit, and, although every remedy was resorted to by Drs. Melvin, Armstrong and White, he expired the following night at half-past eight o'clock. Lieut. Hodgson had served nearly eleven years with his regiment in Jamaica, and was one of the most active and successive officer in putting down the rebellion of 1832 on the North side of the island as an officer, companion, friend and parent, he gained the esteem and ffriendship of every one he had served under, and who had the pleasure of making his acquaintance. His remains were entered this day at three o'clock at the Garrison Chapel with Military honours."
