26 Mount View, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment:
Started at Emma Colliery on 14th April 1914.
How Died:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
Tuesday 14th November 1916
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign:
Battles of the Somme, France, 1916.
Attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, November 1916.
Locally Commemorated:
Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Emma Colliery Memorial, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Crawcrook Primitive Methodist Centenary Church, Roll of Honour.
UK Commemorated:
-
Overseas Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B
Buried:
No known grave
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs:
1
Service Records:
No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 17th December 1917.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, In Memoriam, 25th January 1919.
Family Details:
Son of George and Ann Hardy of 26 Mount View, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham and later of 8 Reasby Villas, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. George's father served on the Ryton Urban District Council during the war years.
Notes :
Sources Used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.
