Geburtsjahr: 1888

Geburtsort: Islington, Middlesex, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Bricklayer

Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 13680

Einberufung datum: 16/07/1915

Einberufung ort: Holloway, Middlesex, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1st Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 24/09/1917

Sterbeort: Black Watch Corner, Zonnebeke, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 29

British War Medal Medaille — 01/03/1920

Victory Medal Medaille — 01/03/1920

Joe was born around 1888 and was the son of Jospeh and Emma Hare, of Islington, Middlesex. He married Lavina Gertrude Miller and worked as a bricklayer in Finsbury Park before enlisting.

William joined up in July 1915 and served in the Middlesex Regiment, 1st Battalion, part of the 98th Brigade, of the 33rd Division. From September onward the Division participated in the Battle of Passchendaele and on 26 September 1917 it was to attack the hamlet of Polderhoek. On 24 September the 1st Middlesex moved into the frontlines between Polygon Wood to the North and the Menin Road to the South. Joe’s Company took up positions on the left flank at Black Watch Corner. While the relief was taking place the German artillery targeted the 1st Middlesex. One platoon of “B” Company took a direct hit and the Company lost one man, another ten men were wounded by the blast.

Private Joe Hare was killed in action on 24 September 1917. He was possibly the man of “B” Company, who was killed by the German shell. Joe left behind a wife and three children. He has no known grave and is remembered on panel 114 of the Tyne Cot Memorial.

"Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., London, Uniform, 2018, pg. 89-90. Verwendete Quellen

1 Battalion Middlesex Regiment, (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2426/1). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Weitere Quellen

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Weitere Quellen

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/838478/hare,-joe/ Verwendete Quellen

The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Verwendete Quellen

Wyrall E., The Die-hards in the Great War : a history of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1914-1919, compiled from the records of the Line, Special Reserve, Service and Territorial Battalions, (Uckfield, Naval and Military Press, s.d.), pg. 124-125. Verwendete Quellen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/838478

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=d82b8e6f-5407-4ba5-98ad-725946f62231

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1557044