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BORN 11 June 1873
DIED 27 June 1916 AGE 43
VC Won 22-23 June 1916 AGE 43
Place VC Won Shaftesbury Avenue Mine, near Givenchy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name William Hackett No. 136414 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 709 Awards VC
Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers, 254th Tunnelling Company
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Sapper
Rank End Of Career Sapper
Place Of Birth Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Place Of Death Shaftesbury Avenue Mine, near Givenchy, France
Buried/Location Ashes Shaftesbury Avenue Mine, near Givenchy, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Named on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 5 August 1916
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his widow, Alice
Memorials
P Named On Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing (Panel 1, Column 3), Ploegsteert, Belgium
P Named On War Memorial, Castle Hills Park, Mexborough, South Yorkshire
P Memorial, Castle Hills Park, Mexborough, South Yorkshire
Named On War Memorial, St John The Baptist Church, Church Street, Mexborough, South Yorkshire
P Named On War Memorial, Manvers Main Colliery, Golden Smithies Lane, Swinton, South Yorkshire
P Named On Victoria Cross Memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tunnellers Memorial, Givenchy-les-la-Bassee, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
P Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Ken
By The Way…
He tried to join up four times owing to heart problems and his age
VC Held By
Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent, England
