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
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In memory of Private John Albert Hare, 242242, 1st/6th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) who died on 27 April 1918 Age 39
- Husband of Ethel Ann Hare, of 22, Willoughby Rd., Bourne, Lincs.
- Remembered with honour, Tyne Cot Memorial
- Panel 42 to 47.
© 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