Lieutenant Guy John Meredith HARDY (1901)

4th Battalion (Pioneers), attached to 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Born 25 September 1881 in Fulham, London
Died of wounds received in action 1 August 1917, aged 35
Buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium.

Guy Hardy was the only son of Ernest Meredith Hardy and Edith Annie, née Andrews, of 28 Harcourt Terrace, Redcliffe Square, London.

He was educated privately before matriculating at Merton in 1901. Whilst up at Oxford he played cricket for the College XI and the Oxford University Authentics. He was a member of the MCC from 1911 onwards.

Following a serious operation and a period of convalescence, he was finally permitted to accept a commission, and was gazetted Second Lieutenant on 13 April 1915. He was sent to the Western Front in August 1916, and was slightly wounded in early July 1917, but remained on duty.

He died at No.4 Casualty Clearing Station, of wounds received in action during the 3rd Battle of the Somme (Passchendaele), on 1 August 1917.