CECIL WILLIAM HARDY
- Died: 30 May 1915
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death:
- Died: 30 May 1915
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death:
Personal
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- Surname: HARDY
- Forename: CECIL WILLIAM
- Initials: C W
- Date of Birth: 1889
- Place of Birth: Tidworth
- Place of Birth Source: UK Soldiers died
- Address: 1901 Millfield Cottage, Cranfield, Bedfordshire 1911 Waverley Sandy Bedfordshire
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- Employment / trade: Gardener
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- Family (parents and grandparents): Parents Charles William Harry (18631940) and Fanny Rawlins Cooper (18671947) Grandparents Richard Hardy (18351864) and Diana Jackman (18351914); Thomas Cooper (18231899) and Martha Rawlins (18281891)
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- Notes: Unable to trace link to Canford. Cecil's brother Leonard Charles was killed at the Somme on 15 Sep 1916
Military
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- Regiment at call-up: Dorsetshire Regiment
- Regiment at discharge:
- Rank at call-up: Private
- Service no at call-up: 317347
- Date of attestation:
- Date of call-up:
- Area reported to: Poole
- Source: UK Soldiers died
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- Service facts: Served in France form 18 Dec 1914
Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 26
- Date of death: 30 May 1915
- Regiment at death: Dorsetshire Regiment
- Battalion at death: 1st Bn.
- Rank at death: Private
- Circumstances of death: Died of wounds
- Service no at death:
- Field of action at death:
- Place of death:
- Location of grave: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
- Position: Panel 37
- Other memorials: Brass Plaque in Canford Magna Church
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