Name
George James Hart
1886
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/05/1917
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
169175
Royal Field Artillery
D Anti-Aircraft Bty.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY
I. H. 22.
France
Headstone Inscription
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
UK & Other Memorials
Bourne End Village Memorial, St John's Church Roll of Honour (book), Bourne End, Not on the Hemel Hempstead memorials, Not on the Berkhamsted memorials
Pre War
George James Hart was born at Buckland Common, Bucks, in 1886, the son of David and Rachel Hart and baptised at Bovingdon, Herts on 4 April 1886. (N.B. Buckland Common, although in Bucks is only about 5 miles away from Berkhamsted.)
On the 1891 Census the family were living at The Cottages, Broadway, Bourne End, nr Berkhamsted and his father was working as a Farm Labourer. They remained there in 1901 by which time both 15 year old George and his father were working as Carters.
By the 1911 Census, George had moved out of the family home and was boarding with James and Hannah Answell at 3 Halls Cottage, Seven Hills Road, Iver Heath, Weybridge, Surrey, and working as a Farm Labourer.
He married Marguerite Lillian Hyde in Eton, Bucks in 1912 and they lived at Willoughby Road, Langley, Slough, Bucks.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Slough and served with Royal Field Artillery, D Anti-Aircraft Battery in France.
He died on 3 May 1917 from wounds received in action, probably during the Battle of Arras, and is buried at the St Nicolas British Cemetery near Arras which was used by the field ambulances stationed there.
Additional Information
His wife, ordered his headstone inscription: "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE". His widow received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £4 2s 9.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
www.dacorumheritage.org.uk
