Basic Details
Surname
Hardy
Forenames
Frank W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frank William
Served or died
Died
Service number
15419
Notes
The Roll lists his address as St Leonard's Street. It records him as a Sergeant in the Northamptonshire Regiment, regimental number 15419, and that he died on 9/4/1917, none of which tallies with official records.

(CWGC records on its online database that Sergeant F W Hardy, regimental number G/67914, died on 19/10/1918 while serving in the 11th Battalion Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, and is now buried in grave VII.D.14 at Harlebeke New British Cemetery in Belgium, having been reinterred after the War; their Burial Return document states he died on 20/10/1918. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Sergeant Frank William Hardy was a native of Peterborough, where he enlisted, and that he had served in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 18537 before joining the Royal West Surrey Regiment. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died on 19/10/1918, and that his widow Lucy was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sergt
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 9 April 1917 [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
ST LEONARDS STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial