Hadden, Ernest Crawford | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Hadden, E. C.

Forename(s):

Ernest Crawford

Surname:

Hadden

Date of Birth:

Monday, March 17, 1890

Date of Death:

Tuesday, June 5, 1917

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

37298

Rank:

Private

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 20th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Ernest was the son of James Crawford, a printer compositer, and Margaret Paterson Hadden. He had five siblings, Isabella, John Goodler, Herbert Towler, Annie Goodler and Frank Lindsay.

Ernest died on 5th June 1917 aged 27.

Addresses before and during the war

29 St Cuthbert's Place, Gateshead (place of residence as entered in the 1891 Census)

26 Exeter Street, Gateshead (place of residence as entered in the 1901 Census)

15 Ely Street, Gateshead (place of residence as entered in the 1911 Census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Ernest is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in Pas De Calais, France.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton Rose Stetford.