HADFIELD J.

Joseph Hadfield 

Private 49640

9th Bn., Essex Regiment

Notts Free Press - 11th October 1918

Joseph Hadfield died on Wednesday 18 September 1918, aged 25 , and was buried at EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme, France. 

He was born c1893 at Castleford, Yorkshire, to parents Joseph and Elizabeth Hadfield. His father, a Stationary Engine Driver in a Coal Mine, was a native of Eckington, Derbyshire, while his mother was originally from Blaydon, Northants.

Joseph Hadfield was recorded on the absent voters list for 1918, at 83 Chatsworth Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, with the service details 116856 Pte 5th Res. Bn. Notts & Derbys.

Notts Free Press - 11th October 1918

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –  The Essex Regiment'

HADFIELD Joseph. Born Castleford, Yorks, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts (resides Huthwaite, Notts). 9th Bn., Essex Regt.  Private 4960*, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 18th September 1918. Formerly 116856 Notts & Derbys Regt.

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