Basic Details
Surname
Whitwell
Forenames
Hardy
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14877
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Lincoln Road, Werrington. It inaccurately states he died on 13/4/1917.

(CWGC records that Private Hardy Whitwell, regimental number 14877, died aged 24 on 19/4/1917 serving in 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Bay 7 of Arras Memorial in France.
The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Hardy was killed in action on 19/4/1917, and that his uncle Joseph was his legatee. The Medal Rolls record that Hardy went to France on 31/8/1915, and that he was killed in action on 19/4/1917.
Hardy's birth was registered in 1893 in Peterborough District. On the 1901 census he was living with his grandmother Mary Whitwell at Brooks Cottages in Werrington, which was given as his place of birth. On the 1911 census Hardy was a live-in farm servant at Grace Bank in Whittlesey).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Petit Danes
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
13
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 13 April 1917 [sic] at Petit Danes"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
LINCOLN RD WARRINGTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial