No.3677, Private, Frederick James HATLEY
Aged 21
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Frederick James Hatley was born in Reach (Newmarket Q1-1895 3B:535), son of John William and Mary Ann HATLEY (née HARDING).
1901 census...Aged 6, he was at The Cherry Tree Inn, Swaffham Prior with his father John W HATLEY [34] farmer/publican born Swaffham Bulbeck and his mother Mary A [36] born Reach. 1911 census...Aged 16, working on father's farm, he was still at The Cherry Tree, Swaffham Prior with his parents. In St Pancras, London in 1914 he married Gertrude M ARDIN (Bedford born 1887-1976). |
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He enlisted in Newmarket.
The 35th MG Company was formed in 12th Division, on 1 February 1916, at St Hilaire. The cemetery name was changed in May 1916 at the request of the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment. In September 1916, the XV Corps Main Dressing Station was established in the neighbourhood. Since Frederick's Army records have not been found it is hard to say where and when he was wounded, but he ended up just south of Albert . The 12th Division at the time had been engaged in battle of Transloy with the XV Corps. His company lost two men that day, his comrade Sidney Gearing from Berkshire has no known grave.
photo: Rodney Gibson and also commemorated on the Swaffham Prior St Mary's war memorial and the plaque in the little Chapel in the Fen click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
