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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. Jennie married Joe Coldwell in 1919.
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, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Hardisty, 266853, 1/6 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 2.9.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Hardisty, 266853, 1/6th W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 2.9.17. Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Jennie. £16 17s. 6d. self and children.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Hardisty, 266853, 1/6 W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 2.9.17. 2 [Queen] Alexandra Hos. Dunkerque, Belg'm. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Jennie. £3 13s. 0d. Self and children. War Gratuity: £8 10s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Robert Hardisty, 266853, 4596, 1/6 West Riding T.F. Date and cause of death: 2.9.17. Died of Wounds. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mrs Jennie Coldwell, born 4.2.81. Address: 29, North Parade, Ilkley York[s]. Children: Edith, born 19.8.04. Stella, born 6.1.07. Mary, born 5.3.09. Charles Francis, born 22.2.13. Bessie, born 28.4.16.
The 1921 Census shows that Jennie and her children: Florrie, Edith, Stella, Mary, Charlie and Bessie, husband Joe and their daughter Peggy were living at 29, North Parade, Ilkley. The 1939 Register shows that Jennie, her husband Joe and their daughter Pegey [sic], later Thackray, were living at 28, East Parade, Ilkley. Jennie died in 1959.
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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14 September 1917
HARDISTY – September 2nd 1917, died from wounds received in action on the Western Front, Pte. Robert Hardisty, West Riding Regiment, son of the late Mr. Robert Hardisty, blacksmith, Craven Terrace, Skipton, aged 36 years.
14 September 1917
SKIPTON'S ROLL OF HONOUR – PTE. ROBERT HARDISTY, WEST RIDINGS
Official news has also been received of the death from wounds of a former well-known Skiptonian in the person of Pte. Robert Hardisty, West Riding Regiment, one of the three soldier sons of the late Mr. Robert Hardisty, blacksmith, Craven Terrace, Skipton. Deceased had lived at Ilkley for the past sixteen or seventeen years and leaves a wife and six children.
On Wednesday of last week his wife, who lives at 29, North Parade, Ilkley, received a letter from him stating that he was all right on September 2nd, but on the evening of the same day she received a telegram from Queen Alexandra’s Red Cross Hospital, France, to the effect that he had died on September 2nd from wounds received in action. Later she was informed by the War Office that her husband had died from a gunshot wound in the thigh.
Pte. Hardisty, who was a nephew of Mrs. Maudsley, Bank Cottage, Otley Street, Skipton, and also a nephew of the late Mr. Charles Hardisty, of Brook Street, Skipton, was 36 years of age, and enlisted about two years ago. He had been at the Front about eighteen months. He served his apprenticeship with Mr. Harold Roberts, joiner, Skipton, and, as indicated, subsequently went to Ilkley, where, in addition to following his trade, he was the caretaker for eleven years of the P.S.A. rooms. When living at Skipton he attended the Parish Church.
The other two brothers in the Army are Corporal Geo. Herbert Hardisty with the Royal Engineers, and Pte. Charles Hardisty with the West Ridings. The former has been recommended for the Military Medal.
06 September 1918
HARDISTY – In loving memory of my dear husband, Private Robert Hardisty, who died of wounds received in France September 2nd, 1917.
“He laid his richest gift on the altar of duty – his life.”
From his Wife and Children, 29 North Parade, Ilkley.
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14 September 1917
HARDISTY – Died from wounds, Sept 2nd, Pte. Robert Hardisty, of the West Riding Regiment, son of the late Mr. Robt. Hardisty, blacksmith, of Craven Terrace, Skipton, aged 37.
14 September 1917
SKIPTON SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
Word has been received that Private Robert Hardisty, of the West Riding Regiment, son of the late Mr. Robert Hardisty, blacksmith, of Craven Terrace, Skipton, died from wounds on September 2nd. Private Hardisty had resided at Ilkley, and his wife on Wednesday morning of last week received a letter from him stating that he was all right on September 2nd, but the same evening she received a telegram from Queen Alexandra’s Hospital in France, informing her that he had died from wounds. Afterwards she received word from the War Office that he had died from a gunshot wound in the thigh received on September 2nd. He was 32 years of age and leaves a widow and six children. He enlisted about two years ago, and had been in France eighteen months. He served his apprenticeship with Mr. Harold Roberts, joiner, Skipton, but went to Ilkley sixteen or seventeen years ago, where he was also caretaker of the P.S.A. rooms for eleven years. When at Skipton he attended the Parish Church. He is one of three soldier sons, the other two being Private Charles Hardisty, West Riding Regimens and Corporal George Herbert Hardisty of the Royal Engineers. He was a nephew of Mrs. Maudsley, of Bank Cottage, Otley Street, Skipton, and also of the late Mr. Charles Hardisty, of 12, Brook Street, Skipton.
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