Commemorated:

1. Memorial:Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.124
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour8A GQS
    

Awards & Titles:

 

Family :

Son of Robert Henry and Eva Prudence Hadden; husband of Evelyn F. Hadden, of 14, The Lees, Great Malvern, Worcs.

Education & Career :

Undergraduate of Christ Church College, Oxford University (1908).

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 9th London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 

1/9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles) August 1914 : at 56 Davies Street. Part of 3rd London Brigade, 1st London Division. Moved on mobilisation to Bullswater, going on in September to Crowborough. 5 November 1914 : left Division and landed at Le Havre. 27 November 1914 : came under command of 13th Brigade in 5th Division. 10 February 1916 : transferred to 169th Brigade in 56th (London) Division. 1 February 1918 : transferred to 175th Brigade in 58th (2/1st London) Division, absorbed the disbanded 2/9th Bn and renamed 9th Bn.

Action : The Battles of the Lys 

9 April - 29 April 1918. As the first phase of the great German campaign of 1918 lost momentum and failed in its objective to split the British and French armies, subsidiary attacks were shift the balance of the attack and to seek opportunities to exploit other sectors. On the Lys the Germans initially enjoyed spectacular success against a Portuguese Division but the gap was soon plugged and the advance halted.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Apollo University No. 357 E.C.Oxfordshire

Initiated
Passed
Raised
5th May 1908
18th June 1908
27th October 1908
 

Aged 18 when initiated.


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