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Lance Corporal W Hartley

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Lance Corporal Willie HARTLEY, G/11662, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, at 7 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 30th June 1918, age 23.

Born Nelson, Lancashire, son of William & Ann Hartley, 121 Skefton Road, Colne, Lancashire; c/o Watling, 29, Couper St., Leith, Edinburgh, (29th August 1919); 227 St Andrews Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow (13th July 1921); 105 Calder Street, Govan Hill, Glasgow, (24th November 1921).

1911 Census - 52 Portland Street, Colne, Lancashire - William Hartley, head, age 57, married, born Winedale, Lancashire; Ann Hartley, wife, age 49, married 30 years, 7 children, 4 still alive, born Bradford, Yorkshire; Charlotte Hartley, daughter, age 27, single, cotton weaver, cotton manufacturer, worker, born Colne, Lancashire; Bertha Hartley, daughter, age 2, single, cotton weaver, cotton manufacturer, worker, born Nelson, Lancashire; Annie Hartley, daughter, age 19, single, cotton weaver, cotton manufacturer, worker, born Nelson, Lancashire; Willie Hartley, son, age 16, single, cotton weaver, cotton manufacturer, worker, born Nelson, Lancashire.

Enlisted Nelson, Lancashire, age 21 years & 2 months, height 5ft 3¾ inches, weight 100lbs. Resided 121 Skefton Road, Colne, Lancashire. Formerly weaver.

Home, 3rd January 1916 to 18th May 1916; BEF, 19th May 1916 to 30th June 1918.

3rd January 1916, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th January 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th February 1916, Chatham, absent from 7.00am Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 19th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, embarked; 20th May 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 2nd June 1916, joined Battalion; 12th August 1916, Casualty Clearing Station JCT right foot; 22nd August 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, from 2 Convalescent Camp; 11th September 1916, to 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, joined Battalion In the Field; 2nd June 1918, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 29th June 1918, 73 Field Ambulance, wounded in action gun shot wounds, right buttock, right leg and abdomen.

6th January 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 12/6 a week, payable to mother, will cease.

28th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Ann Hartley, c/o Watling, 29, Couper St., Leith, Edinburgh; Sisters - Charlotte Crabtree?, age 35, 82 Langroyd? Road, Colne, Lancashire; Bertha Watling, age 33, 29, Cowper St., Leith; Annie Lindsay, age 27, 4 West Ibrox Place, Govan.

Buried at Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, I. D. 22., Averdoingt, France.

This page was last updated on 19-Nov-2020.