Private Cecil Hackett

Private Cecil Hackett
Photograph of Private Hackett kindly submitted by Joanna Legg and Bob Hartley.

Army Number : 31297

Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Shenstone, Staffordshire. Son of Arthur and Alice Hackett, of 4, Railway Cottages, Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire. He was a farm labourer prior to enlisting at Lichfield. One of five brothers who served in the Great War, he was killed in action, 28th May 1917, aged 20, whilst on a raid of the German line near Loos, France.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission show Battalion as the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Buried: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Plot 1. Row Q. Grave 11.

Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France.
Private Cecil Hackett grave


Private Cecil Hackett is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Shenstone War Memorial, Shenstone, Staffordshire.

Shenstone War Memorial, Shenstone, Staffordshire.

Shenstone War Memorial, Shenstone, Staffordshire.
Photograph of Shenstone War Memorial
kindly submitted by Joanna Legg.

His brother Private David Hackett 1st Battalion Worcester Regiment also fell in the Great War.