Name
Edgar Hare (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Cross
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Edgar Hare was first listed in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in July 1918, serving with the rank of Captain, however his unit was not noted. Edgar was listed each month through to the end of the War, and in December 1918, he was listed serving as a Captain with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI).
In the Absent Voter Records of Autumn 1919 Edgar Hare was listed as living at Langley House, Abbots Langley. On 21st September 1918 at Abbots Langley he married Beatrice Kindersley, the niece of Sir Robert Kindersley of Langley House, Abbots Langley.
The London Gazette (15th October 1918) reported that
“During an attack he led his company with the greatest gallantry through the first objective. Although wounded, he remained in command after reaching the final objective, where in spite of heavy machine-gun and rifle fire he consolidated his position exactly on the appointed spot. He showed a very fine example to his men, and kept the headquarters of the battalion well informed of the situation, declining to leave his post until he received definite instructions to do so, when the situation was clear.”
For this action he was awarded a Military Cross, and collected it at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in October 1918. The event was reported in “The Press”, a New Zealand newspaper on 7th December 1918. Edgar was described as the son of the late Mr A.R Hare of Blackmount and Fairfax, New Zealand, and noted that before moving to the Western Front, he had served from 15th March 1915, as a Lieutenant with the 2nd Rhodesian Regiment in the East African Campaign.
Edgar Hare survived the War, as did one of his wife’s cousins, Hugh Kindersley. His other wife’s cousin, Lionel Kindersley was killed in action at Bourlon Wood on 25th November 1917.
Additional Information
Formerly 2nd Battalion Rhodesian Regiment
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
