Private Hart (9837), serving with the 6 th Lincolnshire Regiment, was wounded in August 1915 in the Dardanelles and died of his wounds in hospital in Leeds on the 9 th December 1915. Harry was born at Coddington, near Newark, in 1897 the son of William and Selena Hart. His father was a maltster and by 1911 the family had moved to Market Rasen and Harry was a maltster's labourer and his father was a malt kiln manager. Harry enlisted in August 1914 and in 1915 his regiment was fighting in the Gallipoli campaign. On 12 th August Harry was seriously wounded by shrapnel and was brought back to GB. His wounds would have permanently crippled him but while in hospital in Leeds on 9 th December he died. Harry was buried in Market Rasen on 12 th December. reported: “The hearse was preceded by a small contingent of local soldiers and Boy Scouts under the command of Lt Ivo Smith and Scoutmaster A B Parkinson, the scouts marching with reversed staves. The bearers were L/Cpl Horace Blow, RFA, L/Cpl F Castle, Lincolnshire, Pte J Cressey, Lincolnshire Territorials and Pte A West Northumberland Fusiliers” There was a large crowd in the cemetery and there were wreaths from the hospital nurses, his mates from the malt kiln, and his chums from the hospital. Harry was not quite19 when he died. Private Matthew Henry HART 9 th December 1915 RASE Heritage Society - WW1 Memorial - Hart - 5 of 11 - Feb 2016