WOODSTOCK REMEMBERS
SERVICE RECORD
Names
Surname
HARDY
HARDY
Forname(s)
Charles Perry
Charles Perry
Birthplace
Woodstock 7th January 1881 Baptised 7th April 1881 Parish register
Family
Parents
John, a carpenter and Mary Ann.
John, a carpenter and Mary Ann.
Siblings
One of five children
Clara, George, Charles, Florence and Alice
One of five children
Clara, George, Charles, Florence and Alice
Address(es)
North Leigh and Osney Hill Census 1911, living with his wife Elizabeth
Occupation
Charles was a carpenter and publican at Woodman Inn, North Leigh
Service
Rank: Rifleman
Number: 8840
Regiment: Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Death
Attested in Oxford. Enlisted in the Rifles 1902, 7 years service, reservist in 1914, went to France 23rd August 1914.
Killed at Ploegstreet Wood 19th December 1914 aged 32
Burial
Commonwealth War Grave/Memorial
Rifle House Cemetery, Comines-Warneton Hainaut, Belguim
Total identified casualties 229
Inscription reads, HE DIED THAT HE MIGHT LIVE
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Researched by: Alice Hipkiss
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Oxfordshire/Woodstock.html
Ancestry, 'Photos credit of CWGC'. Commonwealth War Grave Commission, Local collection, Woodstock (Parish magazine) Oxfordshire County Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock,
Local Historian Patricia Crutch.
Ancestry, 'Photos credit of CWGC'. Commonwealth War Grave Commission, Local collection, Woodstock (Parish magazine) Oxfordshire County Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock,
Local Historian Patricia Crutch.
