Theodore Bayley Hardy VC MC DSO

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Reference WMO/141575

Address:

Carlisle Cathedral

Abbey Street

Carlisle

CA3 8TZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Wooden framed bronze plaque with inscription and names in relief. He is also commemorated at his home parish of Hutton Roof. Revd Theodore Bayley Hardy was born at Exeter in 1863. He was a schoolmaster, and was then ordained in 1898. He then became Headmaster of Bentham Grammar School but retired to be Vicar of Hutton Roof in 1913. He volunteered for service as a Chaplain on the outbreak of war, but was not accepted because of his health until August 1916. He was awarded the VC for rescuing wounded men under heavy fire in 3 separate incidents on 5, 25 & 27 April 1918. It was awarded by the King on 9 August 1918, and he was appointed ‘Chaplain to His Majesty’ on 17 September 1918 partly as an attempt to lure him away from the battlefield. However he was killed in action on 18 October 1918 just 3 days before his 55th birthday. He is believed to have been the most decorated non-combatant of the war. Since 1988 there has been a memorial service on the closest Sunday to his death at Hutton Roof Church. A film of his life was made in 2010 by Charlie Shea-Simonds for the Museum of Army Chaplaincy. North wall, west end, near the treasury entrance
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IN MEMORY OF/THEODORE BAYLEY HARDY/VICAR OF HUTTON ROOF/1913-1918/APPOINTED C.F. AUG 1916/ATTACHED 8TH LINCS/REGT & 8TH SOMERSET LT INFANTRY AWARDED DSO/JULY 1917: MC OCT 1917/VICTORIA CROSS APRIL/1918. CHAPLAIN TO THE KING SEPT 1918.WAS/WOUNDED OCT 1918. DIED AT ROUEN OCT 18.1918/THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS PART OF A DIOCESAN TRIBUTE TO//HIS HEROIC COURAGE, SYMPATHETIC SERVICE AND SPIRITUAL/LABOURS

THEODORE BAYLEY HARDY

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