BORN HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE HACKETT (1855-1926) AND MARY JANE WEATHERSPOON. HUSBAND OF SARAH ANN HEESON OF 11 EUGENIE TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS. KNOWN AS DICK HACKETT. HE MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER 1914. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1916, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS WIDOW, SARAH ANN. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT”.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/08/1916, WITH HS PHOTOGRAPH.
First name:
JAMES RICHARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/122
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1916
Place died:
Rue-Du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
11 EUGENIE TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
