Harry Vivian Hare

Harry was a professional soldier joining the army in August 1900 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the infantry, having passed through the R.M.C.Sandhurst. He was gazetted as a Captain in 1912 in the 2^nd Battalion the Durham Light Infantry. He was killed in Action 20^th September 1914 “while leading his company in an attack just above Troyon “(Bond of Sacrifice, vol 1). He was aged 33.He is remembered with honour on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France. He is also commemorated on Folkestone War memorial.

Harry Vivian Hare was born 10^th June 1881 in Folkestone to Caroline and Admiral the Hon Richard Hare. His father was a company director of the Wampach Hotel Company (Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone). The family lived at 14 Augusta Gardens Folkestone and Harry had one sister (Eleanor) and one brother (Arthur). He was a scholar of Mr Thompson’s School, Pelham House, Bouverie Road East, Folkestone before going onto Harrow. He was married to Ellen L.M.Hudson-Kinahan, daughter of Sir Edward Hudson-Kinahan. They had two children, Richard George Windham, born July 1910 and Emily Lavender, born April 1912. An obituary of the time mentions that he is a good all-round sportsman, good at both tennis and hockey. His also excelled at hunting, winning several races at point-to-point races.