HARTLAND, Joseph

Joseph Hartland was born in Brierley Hill and was living in Pensnett when he volunteered for the Worcesters. He went to the 3rd Battalion who had been on the Western Front since August 1914 and had suffered a great number of casualties. They ended the year in trenches near Messines, undertaking four day reliefs in the front line. Wintry conditions made military action impossible except for shelling and this was probably responsible for Private Joseph Hartland being killed in action on the 3rd March 1915. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial and on the Brierley Hill and Brierley Hill church Memorials.