Basic Details
Surname
Hare
Forenames
James Hugh
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Honours
Distinguished Service Order
Notes
Lieutenant Colonel
JAMES HUGH HARE
Service Number: 52662
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Cdg. 1st Bn.
Date of Death
Died 28 October 1944
Age 32 years old
Buried or commemorated at
HEESCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Grave 1.
Netherlands
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Awards
Distinguished Service Order
Additional Info
Son of Brigadier-General R. Hugh Hare, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O., and Lillian L. Hare; husband of Rosemary Hare, of Warminster, Wiltshire.
Personal Inscription
SALUS PER CHRISTUM
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Oxf. and Bucks. Li. Infty
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
43rd (Amalgamated with 52nd to form Oxfordshire Light Infantry 1881)
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lieut. Col.
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Lieutenant Colonel
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Holland
Year of death
1944
Month of death
October
Day of death
28
Age at death
32
Manner of death as stated
Killed in Action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action