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VC998 Theodore Bayley Hardy
Name Theodore Bayley Hardy No.
VC Issue No. 998 Awards VC DSO MC
Regiment Royal Army Chaplains Department attached to 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Later
Now Royal Army Chaplain's Department
Rank VC Won The Rev. T/Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class
Rank End Of Career The Rev. T/Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class
Place Of Birth Banfield House, corner of Barnfield Road and Southernhay East, Exeter, Devon, England
Place Of Death No. 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, France
Buried/Location Ashes St Sever Cemetery & Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Block S, Plot V, Row J, Grave 1
Gazetted 11 July 1918
VC Presented 9 August 1918 by King George V at 4th Army HQ, Chateau Frohen-le-Grand, Lucheux, France
Memorials
P Headstone, St Sever Cemetery & Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
P Named on Wife's Headstone, St John's Churchyard, Hutton Roof, Cumbria
P Named on War Memorial, St John's Churchyard, Hutton Roof, Cumbria
P Memorial Plaque, St John's Church, Hutton Roof, Cumbria
P Memorial Plaque, North Aisle, Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria
P Memorial Plaque, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon
P Named on War Memorial, Nottingham High School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Named on War Memorial, City of London School, Queen Victoria Street, City of London
Named on War Memorial, Harrow Arts Centre, formerly Royal Commercial Travellers School, Harrow, North West London
P Green Plaque, At corner of Barnfield Road and Southernhay East, Exeter, Devon
By The Way…
He was the most decorated non-combatant during the First World War
VC Held By
Museum of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, Netheravon House, Salisbury Road, Netheravon, Wiltshire, England
BORN 20 October 1863
DIED 18 October 1918 AGE 54
VC Won 5,25, 27 April 1918 AGE 54
Place VC Won Bucquoy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
