BORN SICKLE WOOD, NORFOLK, 1877. AN ORPHAN. HE HAD NO PARENTS OR SIBLINGS. HE MARRIED CAROLINE TERESA HEAD AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 16/03/1915. HIS WIFE CAROLINE LIVED AT 25, GRIMSBY LANE, MARKET PLACE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN IN SUTTON, IMMINGHAM, GRIMSBY AND HULL WHICH SUGGESTS THAT HE TRAVELLED AROUND TO FIND WORK. HE SERVED 6 YEARS IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 126 LBS WEIGHT, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE RE-ENLISTED AT HULL CITY HALL,ON 16/02/1915, AGED 37 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO SALONIKA, AS PRIVATE, 486318, TO 820TH LABOUR CORPS, ON 28/10/1915. HE DIED AT TARANTO 79TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, OF INFLUENZA, ON 16/10/1918, AGED 41. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 215 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CAROLINE AND 7 CHILDREN, WHO WROTE TO THE ARMY AUTHORITIES SAYING THAT SHE WAS LIVING ON NOTHING.
HE IS BURIED AT TARANTO TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION, ITALY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “REST IN PEACE”.
| Name | William Hardiment |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Wicklewood, Norfolk |
| Death Date | 16 Oct 1918 |
| Death Place | Taranto Town Cemetery Extension, Italy |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Labour Corps |
| Regimental Number | 486318 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 3557, Yorks L.I. |
