He married Mabel B Baker in 1919. Shortly after his discharge from the Army in Dec 1919, he moved to the Isle of Wight, home to his wife’s family, where his daughter Barbara was born in 1920.
He was appointed Subordinate Prison Officer in 1925, presumably at Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight. He was recorded as a Prison Officer in 1939.
In addition, he and his wife kept 4 large greenhouses, growing and selling tomatoes and cucumbers in the summer and Chrysanthemums in the winter.
In November 1944 he underwent major surgery but apparently suffered a reaction to the anaesthetic and died at the Victor Nursing Home in Ryde, aged 51. He is buried in Carisbrooke Cemetery.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight's Unallocated Men | Patrol member | 1940 | 29 Nov 1944 |
Prison Officer
In the First World War he served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, number 152526, based near Leek in Staffordshire. He doesn’t appear to have served overseas and was discharged with a disability pension.
His name does not appear in the Isle of Wight Nominal Roll, though the available accounts from his daughter suggest he served between 1940 and 1944, undertaking his duties with the Auxiliary Units training on the Downs after a full day at the prison.
His daughter recalled in 2009, “The regular Home Guard didn’t even know they existed, which meant my father and his colleagues had to be ready with plausible excuses if challenged by a uniformed man.”
Clatterford Road,
Carisbrooke
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33073/page/5289/data.pdf
Burial
1939 Register
https://www.islandlifemagazine.co.uk/barbara-hadens-wartime-memories/#
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