Son of Peter and Sarah Ann Hardman, of 42, Venture Street, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Sarah Alice Hardman (nee Pickvance), of 215, Lever Street, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 15, Hurst Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Previously a tram driver on the Brownlow Fold route, he went to the front on 01/10/1916, being wounded on 01/12/1917 necessitating amputation of the right arm. His name is on the Roll of Honour at St. Mark’s Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher. Left a wife and child at 28, Rishton Lane, Bolton, Lancashire.
Hardman, Francis –
Personal details
- Surname: Hardman
- Forename: Francis
- Date of birth: June 28th, 1886
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 31
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: December 8th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Bombardier
- Unit: "A" Battery, 47th Brigade.
- Service number: 710727
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: April 6th, 1915 - 1915-04-06
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Corporation Tramways Department 1914-1918 Memorial Plaque
- Bolton Grand Division of the Order of the Sons of Temperance Memorial - Bolton Town Hall
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. Mark's C.E. Church - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: XXVII. D. 9A.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 09/04/1915 14/12/1917 21/12/1917 13/12/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 9f 6d 6d* 8h