Biography of Private John Albert Hare (242242)
1st/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

Formerly 242242 2nd/6th West Yorkshire Regiment 
5847 2nd/6th West Yorkshire Regiment 
Died 27th April 1918

Soldier

  • Name: John Albert Hare
  • Date of birth: 1879
  • Place of Birth: Ketton, Rutland, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: October – December 1879
  • Place of Birth Registration: Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Father

  • Name: Henry Hare
  • DOB: 1843
  • Place of Birth: Edith Weston, Rutland, England
  • Occupation: Stone quarryman
Mother

  • Name: Martha Freeman
  • DOB: 1841
  • Place Of Birth: Ketton, Rutland, England
  • Marriage: 1871 Stamford District

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Charles Hare, 1872, Ketton
  • Alice Hare, 1873, Ketton (Died 1895 Age 22)
  • Eliza Ann Hare, 1875, Ketton
  • John William Hare, 1877, Ketton (Died 1877)
  • Elizabeth Hare, 1878, Ketton (Died 1879)
  • John Albert Hare, 1879, Ketton
  • Myrtle Mary Hare, 1884, Ketton

Census

  • 1881: John is living with his parents in Church Lane, Ketton, Rutland.
  • 1891: John is living with his parents in Chapel Lane, Ketton, Rutland.
  • 1901: John is living with his parents in Aldgate, Ketton, Rutland. The census gives him an age of 21 and he is listed as a general farm labourer.
  • 1911: John is living with a Fanny Sharp in Ketton, Rutland. The census gives him an age of 30 and he is listed as a labourer on farm.
Relatives in services

  • None found

Wife

  • Name: Ethel Ann Elliott
  • Date of birth: 1888
  • Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Marriage

  • Date of Marriage: 1918
  • Place of Marriage: Stamford District

Children

  • Joan M Hare, 1918, Bourne, Lincolnshire

Wife’s parents

  • Father: John Elliott
  • Mother: Alice Gertrude Pick

Newspaper Mentions and Books

  • History of The 6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Vol II 2/6th Battalion
    242242 Hare, J. A.

 

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private John Albert Hare, 242242, 1st/6th Bn, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment was killed in action on 27th April 1918 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Widow Ethel Ann

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Bourne, Roll of Honour in Bourne Abbey Church
  • Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens

 

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • Enlisted in Stamford

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office
  • History of The 6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Vol II 2/6th Battalion