2613354 Guardsman William Frederick HARDY, MM, 3 Grenadier Guards: 27/05/1940

Army Number: 2613354
Rank: Guardsman
Name: William Frederick HARDY, MM
Unit: 3 Grenadier Guards


London Gazette : 20 December 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35020/supplement/7199/data.pdf
It is notified ifor information that the following immediate awards have already received publicity in the Press.
The KING has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned awards in recognition of gallant conduct in action with the enemy:—
THE MILITARY MEDAL.
2613354 Guardsman WILLIAM FREDERICK HARDY, Grenadier Guards.

 

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16913744
WO 416/162/321
Name: William Frederick Hardy.
Date of Birth: 07/02/1914.
Place of Birth: Ipswich.
Service: [British Army].
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Grenadier Guards].
Service Number: 2613354.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: 27/05/1940.
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

Recommendation for Award for Hardy, William Rank: Guardsman Service No: ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/16/441
Name Hardy, William
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 261337
Regiment: 3 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: British Expeditionary Force 1939-40
Award: Military Medal
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 20 December 1940

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2775897/william-frederick-hardy/
GUARDSMAN WILLIAM FREDERICK HARDY
Service Number: 2613354
Regiment & Unit: 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
Date of Death: 27 May 1940
Age 26 years old
Buried or commemorated at COMINES (KOMEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave Reference: British Plot. Grave 71.
Location: Belgium
Awards: Military Medal
Additional Info: Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hardy, of Ipswich, Suffolk; husband of Ada Hardy, of Ipswich.
Personal Inscription: GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE

 

See also:

• https://www.grengds.com/uploads/GrenadierGazette2010.pdf
  
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• https://www.grengds.com/uploads/files/TheGrenadierGazette_2018.pdf
  
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