BORN HULL 1897. SON THE LATE THOMAS W. HACKETT & MARGARET HACKETT, OF 5 FEATHERSTONS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL, 5 HESSLE PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL AND 1, MINERVA TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
A DOCK LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 104 LIBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, PALE COMPLEXION.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 07/09/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12049, EYR. SERVED IN MALTA FROM 17/08/1915. ARRIVED FRANCE, 04/05/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AS LANCE CORPORAL ON 18/06/1916. WOUNDED IN ACTION, 17/07/1917. REJOINED UNIT ON 12/09/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, 09/10/1917, AGED 23.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS FATHER THOMAS. HIS SISTER MARY ANN, LIVED AT 47 WEST PARADE, HULL.
JAMES HACKETT IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE ST CHARLES CHURCH MEMORIAL, AND ON THE GIBSON STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
| Name | James Hackett |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Death Date | 9 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorks |
| Rank | L Corporal |
| Regiment | Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment |
| Battalion | 1st 5th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 23048 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 12049, East Yorks Regt |
