Geboortejaar: 1888

Geboorteplaats: Islington, Middlesex, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Metselaar

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Service nummer: 13680

Dienstneming datum: 16/07/1915

Dienstneming plaats: Holloway, Middlesex, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Eenheden:  —  The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1st Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 24/09/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Black Watch Corner, Zonnebeke, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 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. Gebruikte bronnen

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

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Verdere verwijzing

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

The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Gebruikte bronnen

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. Gebruikte bronnen

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