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Timeline

Timeline

 
1887
sibling Emily Rose Hackett Source:9335905 1887
1889
sibling May Hackett Source:9335890 1889
1890
birth Shenstone, near Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:9334034 Source:9335905 4th May 1890
1891
dates Age 1 Source:9335905 5th April 1891
1892
sibling Arthur Hackett Source:9335890 1892
1893
sibling Anthony Hackett Source:9335890 1893
1894
sibling Violet Hackett Source:9335890 1894
1896
sibling Cecil Hackett Source:9335890 1896
1899
sibling Percy Hackett Source:9335890 1899
1900
sibling Mary Hackett Source:9335890 1900
1901
dates Age 10 Source:9335890 31st March 1901
1904
sibling Lucy Hackett Source:9335898 1904
1907
sibling Edna Hackett Source:9335898 1907
1911
dates Age 20 Source:9353833 2nd April 1911
1911
events Service as a Private, Worcestershire Regiment Service in the Worcestershire Regiment Albany Barracks, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight United Kingdom Source:9353833 2nd April 1911
1911
service British Army Private 11995 Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:9335898 19th April 1911
1915
dates Age 25 Source:9287001 19th June 1915
1915
location Railway Cottages, Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom parents address Source:9287001 19th June 1915
enlistment Birmingham United Kingdom Source:9334068
service British Army Private 11995 Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:9287008
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9287000
location Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom their own address Source:9334068
location Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom parents address Source:9347812
1915
death Died of wounds "Private David Hackett ... has died at the General Hospital, Boulogne, from wounds received in action. [he] was wounded in the thigh, too high to enable the limb to be successfully amputated." 11 General Hospital, Boulogne France Source:9334063 Source:9334057 19th June 1915
burial Boulogne Eastern Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France VIII. A. 84. Source:9287001

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names David
Initials D
Last Name Hackett
Source 9286998
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Railway Cottages, Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom parents address 19th June 1915
Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom their own address
Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire United Kingdom parents address
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 11995 Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion Private
British Army 11995 Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Alice Hackett mother
Arthur Hackett father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
May Hackett sister 1889
Arthur Hackett brother 1892
Anthony Hackett brother 1893
Violet Hackett sister 1894
Percy Hackett brother 1899
Mary Hackett sister 1900
Lucy Hackett sister 1904
Edna Hackett sister 1907
Emily Rose Hackett sister 1887
Cecil Hackett brother 1896
Religion
DateReligionSource
1890-06-01 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Media

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  • David Hackett
    David Hackett in uniform. (Courtesy of great nephew Bob Hartley.) Not dated but David was serving in the 1st Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment on the 1911 Census and until his death in 1915.

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    Joanna64499

  • Shenstone War Memorial, Staffordshire
    Photograph of the war memorial which has David Hackett's name on the bronze plaque of the names of 24 men from the village who died in the First World War. David's younger brother Pte Cecil Hackett (died 28 May 1917 aged 20) is also named on the memorial. (Photo by Joanna Legg)

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    Joanna64499

  • Shenstone War Memorial, Staffordshire
    Photograph of the plaque which has David Hackett's name inscribed as one of the 24 names of men from the village who died in the First World War. David's younger brother Pte Cecil Hackett (No. 31297, Sherwood Foresters, died 28 May 1917 aged 20) is also named on the memorial. (Photo by Joanna Legg)

    Contributed by:
    Joanna64499

  • Grave of Pte David Hackett, 1 Bn Worcesters
    Gravestone of Pte David Hackett who died of wounds in a military hospital in Boulogne on 19 June 1915.

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    Joanna64499

  • Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
    David Hackett's grave is in the row on the left of the picture, with the small wooden cross next to it.

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    Joanna64499

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Anne23518
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Anne23518

External Evidence

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MIC image Anne23518
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Joanna64499
Staffordshire Baptisms Joanna64499
Birmingham Evening Despatch Joanna64499
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Joanna64499
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Joanna64499
Staffordshire Advertiser Joanna64499
1901 England Census Joanna64499
1911 England Census Joanna64499
1891 England Census Joanna64499
Lichfield Mercury Friday 7 January 1921 Joanna64499
1911 England Census Joanna64499

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David Hackett Joanna64499
Shenstone War Memorial, Staffordshire Joanna64499
Shenstone War Memorial, Staffordshire Joanna64499
Grave of Pte David Hackett, 1 Bn Worcesters Joanna64499
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Joanna64499

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