Obituary Robert Hardisty

Obituary Robert Hardisty

2nd September 1917

Official news has also been received of the death from wounds of a former well-known Skiptonian in the person of Pte. Robert Hardisty, West Riding Regiment, one of the three soldier sons of the late Mr. Robert Hardisty, blacksmith, Craven Terrace, Skipton. Deceased had lived at Ilkley for the past sixteen or seventeen years and leaves a wife and six children. On Wednesday of last week, his wife, who lives at 29 North Parade, Ilkley, received a letter from him stating that he was all right on September 2, but on the evening of the same day she received a telegram from Queen Alexandra’s Red Cross Hospital, France, to the effect that he had died on September 2 from wounds received in action. Later, she was informed by the War Office that her husband had died from a gunshot wound in the thigh. Pte. Hardisty, who was a nephew of Mrs. Maudsley, Bank Cottage, Otley Street, Skipton and also a nephew of the late Mr. Charles Hardisty of Brook Street, Skipton was 36 years of age, and enlisted about two years ago. He had been at the Front about eighteen months. He served his apprenticeship with Mr. Harold Roberts, joiner, Skipton and subsequently went to Ilkley, where in addition to following his trade, he was the caretaker for eleven years of the P.S.A. rooms. When living at Skipton he attended the Parish Church. The other two brothers in the Army are Corporal Geo. Herbert Hardisty with the Royal Engineers, and Pte. Charles Hardisty with the West Ridings. The former has been recommended for the Military Medal.

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    Born 1880

    Died 1917

    British Army 266853 Private West Riding Regiment 1st/6th Battalion