Name
Charles Hart
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/11/1917
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
22681
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
V. A. 14.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mark’s Church Plaque, Colney Heath, London Colney Village Memorial, We are not aware of any memorial in Tyttenhanger Green
Pre War
He was born in Tyttenhanger Green, Hertfordshire, the son of Emma Atkin (nee Hart), of Tyttenhanger Green, St. Albans, and the late William Hart. For some reason Charles mother Emma is absent from those recorded in the census of 1891 as living in the house at Tyttenhanger Green. The 1891 census records that Charles (1) was living with his father William and four brothers in Tyttenhanger. Charles father, William, died on January 26th 1893, aged 53 years and is buried in the Old Churchyard, St Mark’s. After his death, in 1895, Emma re-married and Charles was brought up by mother and step-father, George Atkins. Emma and George then appear on the 1901 census living in Edgware with their children: Mabel and Edward and Emma’s children from her first marriage Walter, George and Charles. By 1911 the family, all eleven of them were living back in Tyttenhanger Green in an eight-room house. Charles’ brother, Walter, passed away on April 16th 1901, aged 16 years and is buried in the same plot as his father (William). His occupation was a labourer on farm (1911).
Wartime Service
Charles enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915 and prior to his death had been in France for about a year and eight months.
Additional Information
The records show that the Hart’s next, but one neighbours were the Reynolds family and their son William – William was also killed in the war. Charles’ older brother, George, lived to the age of 86 and died on 10th October 1973. He is buried in the New Churchyard at St Mark’s. Charles also had two other brothers William and Frederick, along with five other step brothers and sisters. William, who was in the Northampton Regiment, served throughout the South African War and was wounded in France during the early part of the Great War. Upon his recovery he was sent to Egypt and from there went to Palestine, where he served out the rest of the war. Frederick served with the Bedfordshire Regiment and was awarded the Military Medal. Charles’s two half brothers, John and Edward Atkins, also served; John in Italy and Edward in France. Edward was discharged from the Army in September 1916, due to having his left hand shattered during an engagement on the Somme.
Acknowledgments
Graham Clark – World War One – The Fallen of London Colney, Grace Clark, Jonty Wild
