HECTOR CARD

Surname: CARD
Forename: HECTOR
Initials: H
Date of Birth: Sep qtr 1891
Place of Birth: Handley
Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
Address: Star Cottage, 120 High Street, Handley
Schools attended: Sixpenny Handley School c. 19011903
Employment / trade: Bricklayer's Labourer
Place of work:
Family (parents and grandparents): Parents Harry & Ellen (nee Bailey) Card. Grandparents John and Jane (nee Foot) Card; George and Emma (nee Dyer) Bailey
Spouse Name: Not married
Notes: Hector was the cousin of Fred Card who died 20 Jun 1916. Hector's sister May had died, aged 20, in 1906

Regiment at call-up: Dorsetshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge:
Rank at call-up: Private
Service no at call-up: 12892
Date of attestation: 03 Feb 0015
Date of call-up:
Area reported to: Dorchester
Source: 1911 Census
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Other service details: It seem likely that Hector was serving at Lodmoor Camp, Weymouth as he is buried in Weymouth Cemetery.
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Age at death: 23
Date of death: 21 Feb 1915
Regiment at death: Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion at death: 3rd Bn.
Rank at death: Private
Circumstances of death: Died of pneumonia in Sidney Hall Hospital, Weymouth 20 days after enlisting
Service no at death: 12892
Field of action at death:
Place of death: Weymouth
Location of grave: St Marys Churchyard, Handley
Position: Section B Plot 134
Other memorials: Weymouth Cemetery (B Gen 446) Named on Sixpenny Handley memorial
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