I see E. F. Hudson has been revised to E. J. Hudson, so back to the drawing board!

There is an Ernest J. Hudson who was born in 1879 and who as a 2nd. Lt. in the Army in 1901. He may be the same gent who shows up as a Temporary Major, General List in 1919, on page 1 of the Forces War Records site.

The problem with WWI era records is that many, many people obtained commissions during the war who would never have been granted one in peacetime due to their social origins, age, or educational background, so being an officer in WWI would not necessarily make one a likely purchaser of an expensive sporting rifle ten years before the war began.

Apologies to those who know all this sort of thing, written for those who may not!