Private Clinton James Hardwick, born in Conway, Horry County, South Carolina 7 Jul 1889, was the son of Asburg and Jane Hardwick of Galivants Ferry, Horry County, South Carolina. Galivants Ferry crosses the Little Pee Dee River 34 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach, SC.
In the 1900 census 10-year-old Clinton is living with his Father and step-mother Mary F. (Barnhill), siblings Izzy 8, Mary 7, Lonnie Mae 6, and half-siblings John 5, Franie 3, and Hattie 8 mos, at Galivants Ferry, Horry County, South Carolina. Galivants Ferry crosses the Little Pee Dee River 34 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach, SC. His father is farming. His mother, Jane, died sometime around 1894, possibly in childbirth with Lonnie Mae (there are conflicting birth dates with these siblings).Clinton's father died 15 May 1904 at Galivant's Ferry at age 38 leaving Mary with 6 children.On his 1917 draft registration Clinton resides in Chadbourn, North Carolina, and lists his occupation as "trestle work" and his employer as the ACL Railroad Co. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad operated in eastern North Carolina. He was single without dependents. Chadbourn is 52 miles due north of Myrtle Beach, SC. With his railroad experience, it was natural that he would be assigned to a railway engineer regiment.Private Hardwick sailed for France with Company C of the 17th Railway Engineers on 28 July 1917 from New York City aboard the RMS Carmania. Since both his parents were deceased, his person to contact in case of emergency was a friend, D. W. Monroe, back in Chadbourn, NC.The 17th Engineers (Ry), along with other units, traveled by rail to Jersey City, New Jersey and were ferried across the harbor to New York where they boarded the R.M.S. CARMANIA on July 28th 1917 along with the 12th Engineers, a total of about 2,500 troops, and sailed to Halifax. After two days four additional ships, the Adriatic, the Ordena, the Burmudian and a cruiser, were assembled and the convoy started across the Atlantic zigzagging all the way as a defense against German submarines. Eventually six British Destroyers met them in route to escort them to Liverpool. They arrived on August 12, 1917, 11 days out of Halifax. The men were taken by train to Borden, England and then marched at night to Oxney Camp accompanied by a British band. The unit later went to London for a grand parade . Being the first troops of the AEF to arrive in England, as well as the first American troops ever to march in the British capital, the parade route was lined by enthusiastic crowds as well as King George, his mother, Queen Alexandria, and Field Marshal Sir John French. There were four Railway Engineer Regiments in the parade; the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th, a total of about 4,500 men, with the 17th being the fourth in line. Each regiment was accompanied by a British marching band. The very next day the unit boarded the ship Northwestern Miller except Company E which boarded the Londonderry and they departed from Southampton. Both ships were cattle ships and the men were put into the cow stalls and the officers into a room on the upper deck. Many troops entertained themselves and others by imitating cow "mooing" as they crossed the channel to Le Havre, France. The unit continued by train to the American camp at St. Nazaire arriving in the evening of August 19th following the route via Rouen, Le Mans, Chateaubriant and Montoir. The camp was located about 2 miles from the docks. The 17th Engineers were now ready to begin the important construction work needed to support the arrival of combat troops and supplies.Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, North Carolina, lists Privates: Hardwick, Clinton J., from Chadbourn, as Died of Wounds 26 Nov 1917. Newspaper articles of the day say he died of cerebro-spinal meningitis.The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, North Carolina) – 1 Dec 1917, Sat – Page 1 – CHADBOURN MAN DIES IN FRANCE – (By Associated Press) – Washington, Dec. 1 – General Pershing reported yesterday the deaths of five members of the American expeditionary force in France. They include Private Clinton J. Hardwick, engineers, November 26, cerebro-spinal meningitis, emergency address, D. W. Monroe, Chadbourn, N.C.
In the 1900 census 10-year-old Clinton is living with his Father and step-mother Mary F. (Barnhill), siblings Izzy 8, Mary 7, Lonnie Mae 6, and half-siblings John 5, Franie 3, and Hattie 8 mos, at Galivants Ferry, Horry County, South Carolina. Galivants Ferry crosses the Little Pee Dee River 34 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach, SC. His father is farming. His mother, Jane, died sometime around 1894, possibly in childbirth with Lonnie Mae (there are conflicting birth dates with these siblings).Clinton's father died 15 May 1904 at Galivant's Ferry at age 38 leaving Mary with 6 children.On his 1917 draft registration Clinton resides in Chadbourn, North Carolina, and lists his occupation as "trestle work" and his employer as the ACL Railroad Co. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad operated in eastern North Carolina. He was single without dependents. Chadbourn is 52 miles due north of Myrtle Beach, SC. With his railroad experience, it was natural that he would be assigned to a railway engineer regiment.Private Hardwick sailed for France with Company C of the 17th Railway Engineers on 28 July 1917 from New York City aboard the RMS Carmania. Since both his parents were deceased, his person to contact in case of emergency was a friend, D. W. Monroe, back in Chadbourn, NC.The 17th Engineers (Ry), along with other units, traveled by rail to Jersey City, New Jersey and were ferried across the harbor to New York where they boarded the R.M.S. CARMANIA on July 28th 1917 along with the 12th Engineers, a total of about 2,500 troops, and sailed to Halifax. After two days four additional ships, the Adriatic, the Ordena, the Burmudian and a cruiser, were assembled and the convoy started across the Atlantic zigzagging all the way as a defense against German submarines. Eventually six British Destroyers met them in route to escort them to Liverpool. They arrived on August 12, 1917, 11 days out of Halifax. The men were taken by train to Borden, England and then marched at night to Oxney Camp accompanied by a British band. The unit later went to London for a grand parade . Being the first troops of the AEF to arrive in England, as well as the first American troops ever to march in the British capital, the parade route was lined by enthusiastic crowds as well as King George, his mother, Queen Alexandria, and Field Marshal Sir John French. There were four Railway Engineer Regiments in the parade; the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th, a total of about 4,500 men, with the 17th being the fourth in line. Each regiment was accompanied by a British marching band. The very next day the unit boarded the ship Northwestern Miller except Company E which boarded the Londonderry and they departed from Southampton. Both ships were cattle ships and the men were put into the cow stalls and the officers into a room on the upper deck. Many troops entertained themselves and others by imitating cow "mooing" as they crossed the channel to Le Havre, France. The unit continued by train to the American camp at St. Nazaire arriving in the evening of August 19th following the route via Rouen, Le Mans, Chateaubriant and Montoir. The camp was located about 2 miles from the docks. The 17th Engineers were now ready to begin the important construction work needed to support the arrival of combat troops and supplies.Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, North Carolina, lists Privates: Hardwick, Clinton J., from Chadbourn, as Died of Wounds 26 Nov 1917. Newspaper articles of the day say he died of cerebro-spinal meningitis.The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, North Carolina) – 1 Dec 1917, Sat – Page 1 – CHADBOURN MAN DIES IN FRANCE – (By Associated Press) – Washington, Dec. 1 – General Pershing reported yesterday the deaths of five members of the American expeditionary force in France. They include Private Clinton J. Hardwick, engineers, November 26, cerebro-spinal meningitis, emergency address, D. W. Monroe, Chadbourn, N.C.
Private Clinton James Hardwick, born in Conway, Horry County, South Carolina 7 Jul 1889, was the son of Asburg and Jane Hardwick of Galivants Ferry, Horry County, South Carolina. Galivants Ferry crosses the Little Pee Dee River 34 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach, SC.
In the 1900 census 10-year-old Clinton is living with his Father and step-mother Mary F. (Barnhill), siblings Izzy 8, Mary 7, Lonnie Mae 6, and half-siblings John 5, Franie 3, and Hattie 8 mos, at Galivants Ferry, Horry County, South Carolina. Galivants Ferry crosses the Little Pee Dee River 34 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach, SC. His father is farming. His mother, Jane, died sometime around 1894, possibly in childbirth with Lonnie Mae (there are conflicting birth dates with these siblings).Clinton's father died 15 May 1904 at Galivant's Ferry at age 38 leaving Mary with 6 children.On his 1917 draft registration Clinton resides in Chadbourn, North Carolina, and lists his occupation as "trestle work" and his employer as the ACL Railroad Co. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad operated in eastern North Carolina. He was single without dependents. Chadbourn is 52 miles due north of Myrtle Beach, SC. With his railroad experience, it was natural that he would be assigned to a railway engineer regiment.Private Hardwick sailed for France with Company C of the 17th Railway Engineers on 28 July 1917 from New York City aboard the RMS Carmania. Since both his parents were deceased, his person to contact in case of emergency was a friend, D. W. Monroe, back in Chadbourn, NC.The 17th Engineers (Ry), along with other units, traveled by rail to Jersey City, New Jersey and were ferried across the harbor to New York where they boarded the R.M.S. CARMANIA on July 28th 1917 along with the 12th Engineers, a total of about 2,500 troops, and sailed to Halifax. After two days four additional ships, the Adriatic, the Ordena, the Burmudian and a cruiser, were assembled and the convoy started across the Atlantic zigzagging all the way as a defense against German submarines. Eventually six British Destroyers met them in route to escort them to Liverpool. They arrived on August 12, 1917, 11 days out of Halifax. The men were taken by train to Borden, England and then marched at night to Oxney Camp accompanied by a British band. The unit later went to London for a grand parade . Being the first troops of the AEF to arrive in England, as well as the first American troops ever to march in the British capital, the parade route was lined by enthusiastic crowds as well as King George, his mother, Queen Alexandria, and Field Marshal Sir John French. There were four Railway Engineer Regiments in the parade; the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th, a total of about 4,500 men, with the 17th being the fourth in line. Each regiment was accompanied by a British marching band. The very next day the unit boarded the ship Northwestern Miller except Company E which boarded the Londonderry and they departed from Southampton. Both ships were cattle ships and the men were put into the cow stalls and the officers into a room on the upper deck. Many troops entertained themselves and others by imitating cow "mooing" as they crossed the channel to Le Havre, France. The unit continued by train to the American camp at St. Nazaire arriving in the evening of August 19th following the route via Rouen, Le Mans, Chateaubriant and Montoir. The camp was located about 2 miles from the docks. The 17th Engineers were now ready to begin the important construction work needed to support the arrival of combat troops and supplies.Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, North Carolina, lists Privates: Hardwick, Clinton J., from Chadbourn, as Died of Wounds 26 Nov 1917. Newspaper articles of the day say he died of cerebro-spinal meningitis.The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, North Carolina) – 1 Dec 1917, Sat – Page 1 – CHADBOURN MAN DIES IN FRANCE – (By Associated Press) – Washington, Dec. 1 – General Pershing reported yesterday the deaths of five members of the American expeditionary force in France. They include Private Clinton J. Hardwick, engineers, November 26, cerebro-spinal meningitis, emergency address, D. W. Monroe, Chadbourn, N.C.
In the 1900 census 10-year-old Clinton is living with his Father and step-mother Mary F. (Barnhill), siblings Izzy 8, Mary 7, Lonnie Mae 6, and half-siblings John 5, Franie 3, and Hattie 8 mos, at Galivants Ferry, Horry County, South Carolina. Galivants Ferry crosses the Little Pee Dee River 34 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach, SC. His father is farming. His mother, Jane, died sometime around 1894, possibly in childbirth with Lonnie Mae (there are conflicting birth dates with these siblings).Clinton's father died 15 May 1904 at Galivant's Ferry at age 38 leaving Mary with 6 children.On his 1917 draft registration Clinton resides in Chadbourn, North Carolina, and lists his occupation as "trestle work" and his employer as the ACL Railroad Co. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad operated in eastern North Carolina. He was single without dependents. Chadbourn is 52 miles due north of Myrtle Beach, SC. With his railroad experience, it was natural that he would be assigned to a railway engineer regiment.Private Hardwick sailed for France with Company C of the 17th Railway Engineers on 28 July 1917 from New York City aboard the RMS Carmania. Since both his parents were deceased, his person to contact in case of emergency was a friend, D. W. Monroe, back in Chadbourn, NC.The 17th Engineers (Ry), along with other units, traveled by rail to Jersey City, New Jersey and were ferried across the harbor to New York where they boarded the R.M.S. CARMANIA on July 28th 1917 along with the 12th Engineers, a total of about 2,500 troops, and sailed to Halifax. After two days four additional ships, the Adriatic, the Ordena, the Burmudian and a cruiser, were assembled and the convoy started across the Atlantic zigzagging all the way as a defense against German submarines. Eventually six British Destroyers met them in route to escort them to Liverpool. They arrived on August 12, 1917, 11 days out of Halifax. The men were taken by train to Borden, England and then marched at night to Oxney Camp accompanied by a British band. The unit later went to London for a grand parade . Being the first troops of the AEF to arrive in England, as well as the first American troops ever to march in the British capital, the parade route was lined by enthusiastic crowds as well as King George, his mother, Queen Alexandria, and Field Marshal Sir John French. There were four Railway Engineer Regiments in the parade; the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th, a total of about 4,500 men, with the 17th being the fourth in line. Each regiment was accompanied by a British marching band. The very next day the unit boarded the ship Northwestern Miller except Company E which boarded the Londonderry and they departed from Southampton. Both ships were cattle ships and the men were put into the cow stalls and the officers into a room on the upper deck. Many troops entertained themselves and others by imitating cow "mooing" as they crossed the channel to Le Havre, France. The unit continued by train to the American camp at St. Nazaire arriving in the evening of August 19th following the route via Rouen, Le Mans, Chateaubriant and Montoir. The camp was located about 2 miles from the docks. The 17th Engineers were now ready to begin the important construction work needed to support the arrival of combat troops and supplies.Soldiers of the Great War, Volume 2, North Carolina, lists Privates: Hardwick, Clinton J., from Chadbourn, as Died of Wounds 26 Nov 1917. Newspaper articles of the day say he died of cerebro-spinal meningitis.The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, North Carolina) – 1 Dec 1917, Sat – Page 1 – CHADBOURN MAN DIES IN FRANCE – (By Associated Press) – Washington, Dec. 1 – General Pershing reported yesterday the deaths of five members of the American expeditionary force in France. They include Private Clinton J. Hardwick, engineers, November 26, cerebro-spinal meningitis, emergency address, D. W. Monroe, Chadbourn, N.C.
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