Name
Charles Hare
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/08/1917
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
47335
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
A. 15.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the son of Mr and Mrs John Hare of 9, Barnard's Yard, Hitchin. He had a sister Mrs Taylor of Chapman's Yard, Hitchin.
He was born in Hitchin and enlisted there.
Wartime Service
He joined up in April 1917 and went to France in May 1917. At first he was in the Royal West Surrey Regiment with the Number 47335, but was first transferred to the 16th Labour Company and then to the 124th Company Labour Corps with the Number 73915.
He was killed in action in Belgium.
He was buried in Row A, Grave 15 in the Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery at Ypres in Belgium.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
