War Memorial

A tablet in the church honours the memory of sixteen Hardington men who lost their lives in military conflicts in the 20^th century.

First World War

1915

Private Wilfred Ernest Haggett, 1^st bn Somerset Light Infantry, 12 Feb 1915, aged 27, France.

Private Gilbert Purchase, 3rd Dragoon Guards, 28 May 1915, aged 23, Belgium.

Private Henry George Baker, 6^th bn Dorset Regiment, 4 Aug 1915, aged 22, Belgium.

Private Frederick Reginald Hawkins, 4^th bn Grenadier Guards, 27 Sept 1915, aged 28, France.

1916

Private Arthur John Partridge, 8^th bn Somerset Light Infantry, 27 Jan 1916, aged 36, France.

Drummer, Walter Haggett, 2^nd bn Dorset Regiment, 10 May 1916, aged 33, Mesopotamia.

Private Frederick Arthur Goldring, 4^th bn Gloucestershire Regiment, 17 Sept 1916, aged 21, France.

1917

Private Henry George Purchase, 7^th bn Somerset Light Infantry, 16 Aug 1917, aged 36, Belgium.

Private Samuel John Gillim, 6th bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 27 Aug 1917, aged 24, France.

Private George William Rendell, 1^st bn Royal Marine Light Infantry, 6 Nov 1917, aged 19, Belgium.

1918

Private Harold Thomas Voizey, Machine Gun Corps, 14 May 1918, aged 19, France.

Rifleman Albert Eastment, 12^th bn Royal Irish Rifles, 13 Oct 1918, aged 19, France.

Second World War

Lieutenant Alan Stewart Corbould, R. N., 12 Dec 1943, aged 25, Mediterranean.

Gunner Henry George Langdon, Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 15 Aug 1944, aged 31, London.

Private Wilfred John Rawlins, 2nd bn East Yorkshire Regiment, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), aged 22, Sword Beach, Normandy, France.

Malaysia

2^nd Lieutenant Benjamin Bryan Heath, Somerset Light Infantry, 15 Mar 1954, aged 19.