One local newspaper entry indicated that he was badly wounded in 1918 and subsequently discharged from military service. The same newspaper article indicated that he was wounded whilst serving with the 2/1st. Royal Fusiliers.
His name is on the Hemingford Abbots Roll of Honour.
Photograph of Charles Hart in uniform.
Picture of H C B [C company] - Charles Hart is marked - Front row right hand side as viewed.
This photograph was in the family collection - none of the men are named or known.
Charles Hart - demobilisation papers.
His brother Tom Hart also served in the Hunts. Cycles.
Many thanks to Guy Hetherington for providing the family background and
photos of this soldier. Tom was his grandfather. Guy writes - 'Tom and Charles were both born in
Hemingford Abbots, and as far as I am aware both enlisted in the Hunts
Cyclist Battalion. According to my grandmother and stories told to me
when I was a small boy, during the war my grandfather was wounded
[possibly 1916] He was wounded whilst fighting alongside his
brother Charles. Charles was sent back to Scarborough to recover,
where he met my grandmother. My grandfather, although surviving the war
never really fully recovered from his wounds, and sadly Tom was killed
on the 21st March 1918 whilst attached to the Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers'.
If you can help with any data on this Huntingdonshire Cyclist please contact me at huntscycles@btinternet.com
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