Name
Albert George Hatchett
1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/02/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7464
London Regiment
2nd/7th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
III. G. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
AT REST
UK & Other Memorials
Ind. Plaque, St Giles Church, Wyddial, Not on the Buntingford memorials
Pre War
Albert George Hatchett was born in Wyddial, nr Buntingford, Herts in 1898, the son of William and Catherine (Kate) Hatchett (nee Bonfield).
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Wyddial where his father was working as a gardener domestic. They remained in Wyddial in 1911 at which time 13 year old George was working as a stable boy.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in West London and served with the London Regiment, initially serving with the reg. no. 353703 and later with the 2nd/7th Battalion under reg, no. 7464.
Although the Register of Soldiers Effects records he was "killed in action", the Soldiers who Died in the Great War record states that he "died", usually suggesting illness or accident. The pension card naming his mother as dependant, gives his cause of death on 10 February 1917 as "Collapse". he was 19 years old.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing totalling of £3 1s 6d in two separate entries. His mother received a pension of 6s a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
