Notts Free Press, 16th February 1917
HARDY J. H.
John Henry Hardy
Private 27546
10th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Notts Free Press, 16th February 1917
John Henry Hardy died on Thursday 1st February 1917, aged 22, and was buried in COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born 12th February 1895 at New Cross, Sutton, the son of Henry Hardy and Ellen (formerly Wolden). Henry Hardy, a miner and native of Pinxton in Derbyshire, married Ellen Wolden in her own parish of St Peter & St Paul, Mansfield, in July 1891. At the time of their sons death they were living at 3 Redcliffe Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press, 16th February 1917
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 16th February 1917
In loving and affectionate remembrance of our dear Son, Private
J. H. Hardy, 27546, D. Company, 13th Platoon, 10th Royal Warwickshire, 4th
Battalion, who died in France, from gas poisoning, on February 1st, 1917, aged
22 years.
His cheery smiles and pleasant ways,
Are pleasant to recall,
He had a kindly word for each,
And died beloved by all.
From his sorrowing Mother and Father, Brothers and Sisters and from all.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Royal Warwickshire Regiment’
HARDY John Henry. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Mansfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). 10th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regt., Private 27546, Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 1st February 1917. Formerly 3771, Notts & Derby Regt.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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