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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Archibald John Hartnall -

Unknown person Name : Archibald John Hartnall

Son of : John Chamberlain Hartnall and Isabella Hartnall (née Parnell) of Ryde.

Born : 1875, Ryde.

Married : 1902, Katherine Sophia Jackman, at Holy Trinity Church, Ryde.

Children : James Inglis Hartnall (born in Leicester in 1904), and Isabel Mary Hartnall (born in Ryde in 1907).
  Census information :

1881 : John and Isabella Hartnall, with Archibald aged 5, are at 151 High Street, Ryde. John Hartnall is a Journalist.

1891 : John and Isabella Hartnell [sic], with their children including Archibald aged 15, are at 10 Nelson Street, Ryde. John Hartnell is a Journalist; Archibald is a Printer's Apprentice.

1901 : Archibald Hartnall, aged 25, is a Boarder with the Holmes family at 43, Narborough Road, Leicester. Archibald Hartnall is a Reporter.

1911 : Archibald and Isabella Hartnall, with their children, are at The Colonnade, Lind Street, Ryde. Archibald Hartnall is a Printer and Newspaper Proprietor.

  Service Details :

Major Archibald John Hartnall, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Wessex Bde.

It is not known when Hartnall joined the Territorial Forces; he rose through the ranks :

Gunner
(Bombardier)
Sergeant
2nd Lieutenant : 8 Apr 1909 (transferred from the 5th Hampshire (Howitzer) Battery to the 2nd Wessex Ammunition Column
Lieutenant : 11 Aug 1910
Captain : 29 Aug 1914
Major : 6 May 1915
Casualty Details :

Died : 6 Mar 1917, aged 42.

Buried at : Jubbulpore Cantonment Cemetery, India.

CWGC Record
  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Ryde Borough War Memorial
County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle

See also his entry in the Masonic Roll of Honour record ...
  Documents and Newspaper cuttings :

From the Isle of Wight County Press, 10 March 1917Medal Index card
  Page status :
Page last updated : 15 August 2014



 
 

 
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