Private Harold James Hartill

Army Number : 1346

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Whittington, Derbyshire and lived at Mayfield, Staffordshire. Son of Evan James and Rosa Hartill, of Hanging Bridge, Mayfield, Ashbourne. He was a cotton mill hand prior to enlisting 7th March 1911 at Ashbourne. He went to France 28th February 1915 and was killed in action, 5th May 1915, age 20, whilst serving in the line at Kemmel, Belgium.

Buried: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium. Row D. Grave 51.

Private Harold James Hartill is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. John the Baptist Church War Memorial, Mayfield, Staffordshire.