Hadley, Arthur

SOLDIER DETAILS:

Hadley, Arthur
Private, 1st Battalion 6805
June 2, 1915
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Born in Moffat, Ontario
Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Haltonville Cenotaph
R. Laughton

Bolougne Eastern Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves

Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Private Arthur Hadley is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, a chief port and hospital area.

Grave VIII A. 64

Other Links:

	CEFSG Matrix Unit Information
	Library and Archives Canada
	Nicholson Festubert & Givenchy

SOLDIER SUMMARY:

Private Arthur Hadley lists his mother as his next-of-kin from Moffat, Halton County, Ontario. He enlisted as an "Original" in the 1st Infantry Battalion on September 15, 1914, leaving for England on October 3, 1914.

He probably survived the Battles and Gas Attacks of Ypres, but on April 2, 1915 he was admitted to the No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance with Influenza, but was soon discharged. On May 26, 1915 he was admitted to the No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne with serious head and right leg wounds. Medical reports state the wounds "were dirty" and were showing "gas bubbles" (probably gas gangrene). He died of these wounds on June 2, 1915, most likely due to the infection.

The war diary of May 25, 1915 shows the 1st Battalion heavily involved in the Battle of Festubert and Givenchy (see Nicholson Map 2), in support of the British Offensive south of Ypres, north of Lens. The war diary entries for the days prior to and after the location sketch are shown here for May 24th and here for May 26th. They had just moved out of the old British Trenches to occupy the old German Trenches.

There are no reports to indicate exactly how Private Hadley was injured, however the nature of the injuries would suggest an artillery shell as the likely cause.

The soldier pages contain information that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks are active where the information is available:

	Soldier Name: Veteran Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial
	Soldier Number: Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Papers
	Cemetery: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register
	Remembrance: Maple Leaf Legacy Project, Remembrance of Canada's War Dead

The summary of the service is taken from the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is available in electronic and paper format in the Alex Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society. Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared. The research information available is as noted on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line War Diaries.

A summary of all the soldiers is contained on the Web Blog "Great War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb.