3 Mitchell Street, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment:
Started on 28th February 1911 as a pony putter at Emma Colliery.
How Died:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
Thursday 28th September 1916
Place of Death:
Somme, France.
Battle/Campaign:
Battles of the Somme, France, 1916.
Mametz Wood Trenches.
Locally Commemorated:
Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Emma Colliery Memorial, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated:
-
Overseas Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C.
Buried:
No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs:
0
Service Records:
No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Blaydon Courier, page 8, 4th November 1916.
Family Details:
Youngest son of Thomas and the late Margaret Hardy of 32 Mitchell Street, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Notes :
Sources Used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.
Emma Colliery Personnel Records at Durham County Records Office and Tyne and Wear Archives Service.
