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Pte. Richard Hardstaff
British Army 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Matlock, Bath
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Richard Hardstaff was born in January 1895 in Bakewell Derbyshire. He joined up on 9th April, 1915, leaving his home in Parade View, Matlock Bath. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 21 years of age.
He is buried in Fonquevillers CWGC sharing his grave with two others. He clearly was wounded and died of his wounds later on 1st July, 2016 at the Casualty Clearing on this site.