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Surname: HARDISTY
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 266853
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1917-09-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. A. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Hardisty was the son of Robert and Sarah Ann Hardisty, née Hardisty. Robert, senior, was born at Skipton and Sarah at Norwood near Fewston, Yorkshire.
1881 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 12, Mill Lane - Robert Hardisty, aged 6 months, born Skipton, son of Robert and Sarah Ann Hardisty.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, New Bridge Street - Robert Hardisty, aged 10 years, born Skipton, son of Robert and Sarah Ann Hardisty.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, New Bridge Street - Robert Hardisty, aged 20 years, born Skipton, son of Robert and Sarah Ann Hardisty.
Robert was married to Jennie Hobson in 1901.
1911 Ilkley, Yorkshire Census: 29, North Parade - Robert Hardisty, aged 30 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, husband of Jennie Hardisty.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Hardisty, 266853, West Riding Regiment.
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HARDISTY, Robert, aged 37, West Riding Regiment, son of the late Mr. Robert Hardisty, blacksmith, Craven Terrace, Skipton, died of wounds Sept. 2, 1917.
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Private Robert HARDISTY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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