Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Penge Urban District Council 1921 - 22.
In 1937, when was elected as one of the County Aldermen for Kent he was described as a retired engineer and his address was give as 25, Genoa Road, Anerley. Francis Percy Hodes MBE JP was buried in Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery.
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