Hart, Frank – Born: Christchurch, Hampshire on 2.1.1864.[1] Parents: Henry Hart (Master Taxidermist) and Sarah Butler [née Sommerville].  Home: Bridge Street, Christchurch, Hampshire (1871), Godstone Road, Boscombe, Hampshire [1882], 8 Sirdar Street, Ipswich, Suffolk [1902], Westgate Lane, Long Melford (1911).  Occupation: Painter [1882], Groom [1901], Coachman (1911); also, a Soldier [1882 to 1919].  Married: Kathleen Wilding in 1901.  Service Record: Frank enlisted at Dover in 1882 as Dvr.34814 1^st Cinque Port Division Royal Artillery, serving in India from 1883 to 1898, transferring in 1889 to 48^th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, receiving his discharge after 16 years in August 1899.[2]  He re-enlisted at Ipswich in 1901 as Gnr.2564 with Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), re-joining the regular army as Dvr.8090 serving for five years with 116^th Battery, Royal Field Artillery.[3]  Shortly after the outbreak of hostilities with Germany, he stepped forward yet again serving throughout the Great War.  He attested on 20.10.1914 as Dvr.34911 with 5^th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, transferring on 30.10.1917 as Pte.439571 to 399^th [Home Service] Employment Company, Labour Corps, receiving his discharge at the age of fifty-five in May 1919 as ‘being no longer physically fit for war service’.[4] Died: Aldershot, Hampshire in 1944.

[1] Date of birth from British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920.  [2] [WO 364 – Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920].  [3] [WO 96 – Militia Service Records 1806-1915].  [4] [British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920].