Hardaker,+James

James Hardaker

Born in 1877, he died aged 41 years on 7-7-1918 in France. He served as a Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery. Service number 83889 James in buried at Beacon Cemetery SAILLY- LAURETTE. Grave Ref. I .I.IO This cemetery is close to Albert, the scene of heavy fighting on the Somme during 1918, from March to August. Burials here total 772 of which 575 are British.

Son of the late Jonas and Mary Hardaker, James was a stone quarryman. Jonas ( born 1841 )was a farmer and in 1841 farmed 116 acres at White Hill in the Sawood area of Oxenhope but by 1901 he was a " small cattle farmer ". James does not appear to have married and in 1911 lived with both his elderly parents and several siblings. including Thomas (born 1883) and Samuel ( born 1881 ). The extended Hardacre family appears in the main to have been quarrymen.