Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Oxbridge Cemetery Stockton | B.52.1 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.124 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 23B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Born 1888, son of Frederick Walton Hardy and Mary Hannah Harday, of 24 Egglestone Terrace Stockton. The 1891 Census records him resident at 5 Farrar Street, Stockton on Tees. At the 1901 Census he had moved and was was living at 7 Clairmont Terrace, Norton. He continued to reside at Norton, showing on the 1911 census, where he is shown as an Analytical Chemist, working for with Stockton Borough Council.His mother Mary Hannah Hardy died in 1944 aged 88. Both are buried with their son in Oxbridge Cemetery. The 1911 census records Mrs. Hardy as Mary Emma Hardy. There were two daughters of the marriage Margaret Eveline Hardy born circa 1883 and Florence Mary Hardy born circa 1890. Margaret Grundy, a distant relative, has added the following: His mother was always know as Mary Emma, though she was registered at birth as Mary Hannah and at death as Mary H.
She was baptised as Mary Emma Lackenby, 30 Dec. 1855 a daughter of William and Margaret Lackenby, at St. Thomas, Stockton. She married as Mary Emma 1882 Stockton (March quarter, vol 10a page 114) and is shown as Mary Emma in all the censuses, except for 1871 where she is shown as Mary E Lackenby. The national Probate Calendar shows her as Mary Emma in 1944(her death) and also in 1930 (death of her husband) and in 1915 (death of her son Frederick).
Education & Career :
Gas Engineer, (1914).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Engineers |
| Action : Post War |
Post War includes all operations in all theatres up to 31st August 1921. This excludes the campaign in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It also includes men who succombed to wounds post war and who died from various causes whilst still in the services but post war.
Detail :
Service No. 196092 Pioneer Frederick Austin Lackenby Hardy. Royal Engineers who died 15/09/1919.
He enlisted on the 20th October 1915 and served with the Royal Engineers (Special Brigade Deployment) as a Pioneer and went to France on the 26th December 1916. He was gassed on the 23rd March 1918 and discharged as physically unfit on the 11th November 1918. He died on the 15th September 1919 aged 31.
The Coroner’s death certificate attributed the cause of death as being "gassed whilst on active service". He is buried in Oxbridge Cemetery, Stockton on Tees, Grave Reference B.52.I.
He was a recipient of the Silver War Badge No B37337 issued on the 28th November 1918.
See also: North East War Memorial Project.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of Fraternity No. 1418 E.C. | Durham |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
22nd October 1914 | 26th October 1914 | 28th January 1915 |
Steward
He was Initiated into the Lodge of Fraternity no 1418, in 1914 Lodge. The contribution record of the lodge at the United Grand Lodge of England shows "Died 15th Sep./19". His father, Worshipful Brother Frederick Walter Hardy, was a Marine Draughtsmen and in the same Lodge, initiated on the 17th September 1906, becoming its Worshipful Master in 1915/1916. He was and Lodge Secretary from 1917 until his death in 1930, aged 75.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley