Private Joseph Hart, 241873

  • Batt - 2/5
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 30/09/1917
  • Age - 22

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Thomas Hart. The War Diary for today records. OLD GERMAN FRONT LINE. Day on the whole quiet. Battalion HQ removed to old German front line C.23C.50.25. 200 yards in rear as enemy aeroplane dropped flare over HILL 37. Relieved by OTAGO REGT at night, proceeded call reserve WIELTJE ROAD shelled on road 25 casualties. Casualties officers killed 2nd Lt. W. ROUGHSEDGE (8th Battn MIDDLESEX REGT), 2nd Lt. R. A. BOWIE, Captain O. H. FEILDEN, 2nd Lt. L. ROBATHAN. Wounded Lt. Col. G. B. G. WOOD, Acting Captain H. W. OLIVER, Lt. C. H. L. WYNNE, 2nd Lt. F. D. FARLEY, 2nd Lt. S. W. G. TALLIS. Other ranks, killed 61, wounded 184, missing 25.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Other Memorials - Coalville War Memorial Clock Tower
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • Born - Measham, Leicestershire
  • Enlisted - Coalville, Leicestershire
  • Place of Residence - Railway View, Measham, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - CLOCK TOWER MEM., COALVILLE, LEICS
  • Memorial - HATHERN MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - COUNCIL OFFICE MEM., COALVILLE, LEICS
  • Memorial - Measham Mem., Leicestershire
  • Memorial - St. Laurence's Church, Measham, Leicestershire

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