1914 TRIO & 2 Original Documents to 74933 DVR Andrew Charles HART 42nd Brigade R.F.A. Born Bethnal Green. To France 19/8/14 with the 3rd 'Iron Division'. Returned to Blighty & DIED 23/12/17 - apparently of Wounds. Buried in West Ham Cemetery

74933 DVR A.C.HART R.F.A. (on 1914 Star)

74933 DVR A.C.HART R.A. (on pair)

Andrew Charles Hart

Born Bethnal Green, London E 1893

Son of Harry Hart of 20 Chatesworth Road, Stratford

To France 19/8/14 with 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery & qualified for the Aug-Nov 1914 Clasp

Note: The 42nd Brigade comprised 29th, 41st & 45th Batteries RFA and the Brigade Ammunition Column, part of 3rd Division. Nicknamed 'The Iron Division', it served in the Battle of Mons, the Retreat from Mons & First Battle of Ypres 1914, the Second Battle of Ypres 1915, the Battle of the Somme 1916 & the Battle of Arras 1917

Returned to Blighty

DIED HOME 23/12/17 & his Pension Card shows that he Died of Wounds

Buried in West Ham Cemetery, Forest Gate, London E7

With 2 original dated RFA Record Office Letters forwarding the Aug-Nov 1914 Clasp to his father on 24/11/21 & then his 1914 Star on 27/6/21

With copy of his Medal Index Card, plus SDGW & CWGC details & supporting research documentation

Condition: Both documents folded & rather tatty; Medals on long, original silk ribbons, NEF