Hardacre,+Smith

Smith Hardaker (note correct spelling )

Born in 1886 at Haworth. Served in Duke of Wellingtons ( West Riding Regiment ) 10th Battalion. Killed in action on 13-6-1916. Buried in the British Cemetery Bois de Noulette, at Aix- Noulette. Grave ref. I .D. 4. Son of James Hardaker, born Bingley in 1863, and Sarah Hannah .nee Rushworth also born 1863.They married in 1882. Her parents ( John and Rebecca ) farmed 15 acres at Bank Nook, Oxenhope.

Smith, like his father and siblings, Samuel and John, worked in textile mills. James was a stoker for a time and a weaver and his sons were weavers.The family lived in various places including Crossroads, Haworth, Sutton in Craven and Keighley. By 1911, Smith was living in Skipton with Ethel,( believed to be his wife ) and a child Sarah Elizabeth aged 1.