kevin Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 Came across this memorial stone in Oxbridge Cemetery, Stocton on Tees. I cannot locate this man in CWGC or SDGW. Any help would be welcome. Regards as always Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 This is the only chap on the Arras memorial of that date : Name: HARDWICK, HENRY Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Fusiliers Unit Text: 12th Bn. Date of Death: 24/06/1917 Service No: 9686 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 9. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Who are the others on the headstone? might be able to find him on the census Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted 9 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2010 Grant Its not on a headstone, it's from a grave kerbstone. It's with a collection of this type of stone, just put to one side in the cemetery. The stone reads Sergt Fred Hardwick their beloved son, interred at Arras France, D.L.I. M.M. June 28nd 1917, aged 23. Regards as always Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 I cant see any F HARDWICK of the DLI on the Army GRO I think your going to have to find the parents to find the son on this one I thought this would have been pretty easy if he had a MM but got me stumped Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 9 May , 2010 Share Posted 9 May , 2010 Not much luck with the MICs either, there are 2 Pte Wilfred Hardwicks' with the DLI. The date doesn't give any Hardwick's using Geoff's Search Engine....good luck jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted 10 May , 2010 Share Posted 10 May , 2010 Found him - Hardwick is his second name not surname. Name: Fred Hardwick Merryweather Birth Place: Stockton-On-Tees Death Date: 27 Jun 1917 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Stockton-On-Tees Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Durham Light Infantry Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Number: 200034 Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Comments: M.M. Name: MERRYWEATHER Initials: F H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 27/06/1917 Service No: 200034 Awards: M M Additional information: Son of James and Isabella Merryweather, of 26, Eton Rd., Stockton-on-Tees. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 29. Cemetery: ROOKERY BRITISH CEMETERY, HENINEL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 10 May , 2010 Share Posted 10 May , 2010 Well done that man jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Wade Posted 11 May , 2010 Share Posted 11 May , 2010 What's the chance that Hardwick was his mother's maiden name then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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