HARDY, Eric Arthur
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Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Hampshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
14317814
Born:
Tuesday, October 22, 1918
Died:
1991
Place died:
Wiltshire
Eric Arthur Hardy was a Police Constable serving at the County Police Station in Winchester in 1939. He volunteered for the commandos in 1942 joining a Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre).
Gunner Hardy was wounded twice during operations with No.3 Commando. The first was on 14 July 1943 at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge); the second on 6 June 1944 at Normandy, France. Post war member of the Commando Association residing at time of his death in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Gunner Hardy was wounded twice during operations with No.3 Commando. The first was on 14 July 1943 at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge); the second on 6 June 1944 at Normandy, France. Post war member of the Commando Association residing at time of his death in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65 (1943) and WO417/77 (1944).
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65 (1943) and WO417/77 (1944).
The 1939 Register covering Winchester.
Commando Association newsletters 92 and 94 (1992).
Registers of deaths, Salisbury District, 1991.
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