Born: 1892, Idle
Died: 23 October 1916, Somme
Buried:
Address: Parkhill Cottage, Thackley
Parents: John Kendall Hardy & Adelaide
Spouse:
Siblings: Lilly, Sarah Ann, Mabel, Harold, Sidney, Ernest
Occupation: Cloth finisher, Bowling Dyeworks
Organisations/clubs: Thackley CC
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Holy Trinity, Idle; Thackley Methodist Chapel; Thiepval Memorial
Children:
Regiment: Duke of Wellington’s, Machine Gun Corps
Frank Hardy
Pte Frank Hardy of the Duke of
Wellington’s Regiment, of Parkhill
Cottage, Thackley, has been killed
in action
He was prominently connected
with Thackley Cricket Club and
before enlisting he worked at the
Bowling Dyeworks.
Shipley Times & Express 24-11-1916
Photo courtesy Elaine Atkinson,
Frank’s great neice
