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Alan Hardy bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque

Overview

Alan Hardy bronze plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England Ashford. This bronze commemorative plaque records: This house was the last family home of Alan Hardy. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, Montrose and previously served in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry.

Why it was made

The saved account records: This bronze commemorative plaque records: This house was the last family home of Alan Hardy.

People and events

The saved account records: He was buried on 18th October within the Hardy Family section of St. Mary's Churchyard, Chilham, Kent, situated on its Eastern boundary.

How it worked

The saved account records: He was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, Montrose and previously served in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry.

What remains

The saved account records: He died in a flying accident on Thursday, 14th October 1915 aged 25.

Why it mattered

Alan Hardy bronze plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: This house was the last family home of Alan Hardy. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, Montrose and previously served in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry. He died in a flying accident on Thursday, 14th October 1915 aged 25. He was buried on 18th October within the Hardy Family section of St. Mary's Churchyard, Chilham, Kent, situated on its Eastern boundary. We Do Remember Him. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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