Name | (John) George Hardacre |
Service number | 8093 – South Africa 3154 – Durham Light Infantry 65407 – Labour Corps |
Rank – including any promotions, with dates | 3154 – DLI Sergeant 65407 – Labour Corps – Acting Warrant Officer Class 11 |
Regiment | Durham Light Infantry and Labour Corps |
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Postings | 27 June 1915 – France |
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Silver War Badge? (WWI) | No |
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Date of Discharge | 15 March 1919 |
Other Information | Pensions Ledger 2/Mh/3271 |
Birthplace | Bishop Auckland |
Date of birth | 7 May 1880 |
Enlisted | Service No 8093 – DLI – 1900 |
Lived | 1911 census – 62 Newton Cap Bank, Bishop Auckland 1939 census – 24 Bridge Street, Bishop Auckland |
Parents | Thomas and Jane Hardcastle |
+ address | 21 High Bond Gate, Bishop Auckland |
Wife | Elizabeth Storey married 1903 |
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Children | Thomas William H Hardacre born 1903 died 1923 |
Occupation | 1939 Register – General Labourer Coke Ovens and Special Constable 1911 census – Coke Drawer |
How died – not known, at home, of wounds, killed in action |
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Date of death | 1952 |
Age | 72 Registered West Durham |
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Military records name is George Hardacre
Ancestry documents – John George Hardacre
His brother 301025 Private Nathaniel Thomas Hardacre B. 1879 ; Durham Light Infantry 8th Battalion, 69th T.F. Depot
Notes from Peter
Hardacre served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Bishop Auckland. He was in 3 Company. He went out to South Africa numbered 8093, probably with Andell. He had the same clasps for his Queens South Africa Medal as Andell but with the addition of the 1902 clasp – so six in all.
He was later re-numbered 3154 serving with the DLI in WW1 but was transferred to the Labour Corps and re-numbered again as 65407. His medals are numbered for his DLI service.
He was a tailor by trade and had been born in B. Auckland in 1880. He enlisted for service in S. Africa on 25th Jan. 1900. He served is S.Africa from 23rd Feb 1900 to 6th June 1901.
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