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Rank : Sergeant

Army Number : 7/11960 & RE 139153

Unit : 7th Bn & Royal Engineers

Biography :

He was enlisted on 7.8.14 at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire with the Leicestershire Regiment service number 139153. He was promoted to Serjeant in Loos and at some stage he was transferred to the Royal Engineers before he was killed  on 18.12.15. He had a mining background and it is possible that this was the reason why he was moved to RE.

He was transferred to 253rd Field Tunnelling Company of the Royal Engineers, although they were not officially established until one month after his death.

Effects: £18 2/4p paid to widow, Frances, sole legatee - authorised 25.4.1916 - war gratuity £8 paid to Mrs F Harris authorised 11.8.1919

Medal Card: Hardy Ernest, Leic Regt Sergeant 7/11960 - RE 139153 - Disembarked France 30.7.1915 - Killed-in-action 18.12.1915 - medals: Victory, British and 1915 Star

CWGC:

HARDY, ERNEST
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 139153
Date of Death: 18.12.1915
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers 253rd Field Coy.
Grave Reference: J. 9.
Cemetery: POINT 110 OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Ann Ellen Hardy, of 23 Gauntley Street, Hyson Green, Nottingham.

Date of Birth : c 1884

Place of Birth : Somercoats, Derbyshire

Date of Death : 18.12.1915

Place of Death : Fricourt

Civil Occupation : Miner

Period of Service : 7.8.14 - 18.12.15

Conflicts : WWI

Places Served : France and Flanders