HARDMAN Arthur

The birth of Arthur Wilkes Hardman is registered in the December Quarter 1885 under the Worcester Registration District.  The death of Arthur W. Hardman is registered in 1961 under the Wellingborough Registration District.

1911 Census
93 Lansdowne Road, Worcester
Albert Hardman, head, age 63, Carpenter (Builder), born Worcester
Alice Hardman, wife, age 59, married 26 years, 5 children, 4 still living, 1 died, born Claines, Worcestershire
Arthur Hardman, son, age 25, Railway Porter, born Claines, Worcestershire
Albert Hardman, son, age 19, Apprentice. Glovers, born Claines, Worcestershire
Edith Hardman, daughter, age 24, Clerk, born Claines, Worcestershire
Kate Hardman, daughter, age 23, Clerk, born Claines, Worcestershire
Adelaide Hibberd, niece, age 28, married, born Bermondsey, London
Kathleen Hibberd, Gt niece, age 1, born Thornton Heath, Surrey

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral with the information: The King’s Royal Rifles.

There is no record of this casualty on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or Soldiers Died in the Great War.  The Guildhall memorial lists 4,992 names of which 752 are marked with a gold cross denoting them as casualties.  It is very possible that Arthur Hardman served but did not die in the Great War and a gold cross has been placed next to his name in error.