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Pte. P. Hayes
British Army 3rd (Res.) Btn. Irish Guards
from:Holycross
(d.27th May 1917)
Private Hayes was the son of John Hayes of Holycross.
He was 21 when he died and is buried 7 yards south of the entrance of the Holycross Church of Ireland Churchyard, Holycross, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Pte. Robert Hayes
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1st Auckland Btn.
(d.29th Jul 1917)
Pte. Robert Hayes
British Army 9th Btn Royal Irish Rifles
from:36 Joseph Street, Belfast
Robert Hayes was my Grandfather who I never met. He enlisted when he was 16yrs old, fought at Schwaben Redoubt, Somme. He was wounded at Messines in 1917 and was honourably discharged in 1918.
Pte. Sydney Hayes
British Army 4th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Frodsham
(d.14th Oct. 1918)
L/Cpl. William Joseph Hayes
Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.15th Dec 1917)
William "Sailor" Hayes
British Army Royal Engineers
To be honest, all four of my grandparents have proved challenging as far as family research is concerned but, from the days when a polite letter and an SAE to The ministry of Defence prompted a personally typed reply, at least I have a chronological account of the military service of my maternal grandfather, 17123 Driver William Hayes - Royal Engineers. In essence it is probably no more or less remarkable than many such records. He enlisted in Poole 20.1.1908, was transferred to Reserve 20.1.1910 and was mobilised 7.8.1914, serving until 22.12.15 in the Expeditionary Force France.From 23.12.1915 to 7.8.1919 he was a member of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, during which time, in 1916, he joined No 2 Train Transport Company. Along with many others, he was awarded the 1914 Star, the British war Medal and the Victory medal. But, was he really serving with the 3rd Dorsetshire Regiment Militia upon attestation? ... the record contains no details of this previous service. Where did he buy the beautiful postcard he sent to my mother during the war? What exactly did he do in No 2 Train Transport Company? Where and when was he buried alive? .... members of which other regiment dug him out? Perhaps a Scottish one judging by the photo! Incidentally, his pay was stopped when he went missing and, although reinstated upon his reappearance, not made up! My grandmother, with five small children to care for, was not impressed! Did he at some point really serve with the Gurkhas? Certainly my mother and my Aunt could remember a friend called Gopal Singh visiting the house .... and what about 'The Turban Photo'? Oh .. and the nickname 'Sailor'. Well, it seems that his early life was rather fraught, culminating in a bit of a set-to with his stepfather after which my grandfather ran away to sea, later jumping ship and changing his name. To me, of course, he was just my grandfather. Someone who took me to the pictures, bought me a snow shaker and trusted me to play with the beautifully carved wooden figures in the cabinet. I wish I had asked my grandfather the kind of questions the anwers to which would have solved the mysteries, but I was a child so I didn't. And would he have told me? He didn't even talk about it to my Nan and my Mum. Like so many other 'unremarkable men' he just got on with it.
Pte. William Haygarth
British Army 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Accrington
(d.6th Feb 1917)
William Haygarth was my mother's brother. She lived in Accrington when she was young and sadly, when she died, we found the paper relating to his death in the First World War. My mother told my sister and I briefly about him. From the telegram informing his family of his death in 1917 we have an address where he lived with his family. We are aiming to visit the old address (the property may not still be there) but we still feel it will have some memories there. My sister and I also intend to visit the cemetery in France where he has a memorial.
We are both in our early seventies and feel we wish we could have sorted out this information when our mum was alive and taken her to France to the cemetery. However, with the present 100 years anniversary and technology we have been able to find out the relevant details and are now able to visit next year - and this will also be for mum!!
Pte. Herbert Haykin
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Southchurch, Co. Durham
(d.22nd Aug 1918)
Captain Robert Haylett MC & Bar
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry
I have, for a number of years, tried to trace how my grandfather, Robert Haylett, 37931, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry, won his Military Cross.
I have an old portrait of him in the uniform of the Home Guard during WW2, it is a photo that has been touched upĀ¯ i.e. coloured. On it he shown wearing his WW1 medal ribbons and what appears to be two white and purple ribbons. I remember seeing the medals many years ago and there was a small silver rosette on the MC, signifying a second award. I also know he was commissioned in the field from Company Sergeant-Major to Lieutenant and then to Captain.
If you have any information or know where I can obtain it please contact me.
Pte. Edward Hayman
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Joseph Hayman
British Army King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Johnstone, Renfrewshire
(d.7th Nov 1914)
Pte. Harold Cure Hayne
Australian Imperial Forces 12th Light Horse Regiment
from:Enmore, Sydney
Harold Hayne served with the 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment.
Pte. Richard Hayne
British Army 8th Battalion Border Regiment
from:Catfield, Norfolk
Richard Hayne was wounded and taken prisoner on Monday 27th of May 1918.
L/Cpl. Albert Edward Haynes
British Army 1/5th (City of London) Btn. London Regiment
(d.6th to 10th Sep 1916)
Albert Haynes born on 17th March 1891 in Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire was the son of William and Susan Haynes of 12 Lindsell Crescent, Town Field, Biggleswade. He attended Bedford Moderen school and on 6th September 1909 was a teacher at Holmead Middle School for Boys, Biggleswade. He enlisted in Hornsey and served with 1/5th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. He was killed in action between 6th and 10th September 1916 aged 24 years on the Somme. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1905-09, he commemorated on the School War Memorial. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. Alfred John Haynes
Australian Infantry Battalion 36th Battalion
from:East Maitland
The Manning Valley Historical Society has published a book based on over 200 postcards sent by Alf Haynes over the years 1916 to 1919 tracing his life during this period including training at Lark Hill, transport to Britain and service in France. They are a graphic record of one man's war and include references to being buried alive at Passchendaele and the breaking up of the Battalion. There are letters also from a French girl sponsored by Alf to come to Australia to meet up with her soldier boyfriend. Unfortunately when she arrived she found that he was already married!!
The book "Postcards from the Front - Still Going Strong" is available via the Society's website.
Pte. Frederick Harold Haynes
British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps
from:66 Steward Street, Spring Hill, Birmingham
Frederick Haynes is my Grandfather. In the family, there are postcards from Arras and Ypres sent by him to my Grandmother, Florence Kate Findon, who he married after the War. Other than these, there are no details of his active service in France. He and his two brothers, Sidney and Ernest, each fought for and survived the full duration of the Great War and returned home to Birmingham afterwards. I was told by my mother, his daughter, that he would never talk about the war and it was never discussed in the family while he was alive. I have his British War Medal and his Victory Medal, with ribbons, in the original box and postage wrapper.
Cpl. John Joseph Haynes
British Army 18th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Nether Heage, Derbyshire
(d.15th Sept 1916 )
John Joseph Haynes was born in Nether Heage near Belper, Derbyshire, one of four brothers and a sister. He learnt his trade but wanted more to join the Army. He enlisted in Derby and was sent to Winchester for training but he was under age so he was kept there until September when he reached 18. He and others then set sail from Folkestone on the HMS Golden Eagle to France. Sadly he wasn't out there long,not quite a year, when he was killed at Flers. The battalion had followed the very first tanks of the war into Flers. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was 19 years old.
Pte. Philip Henry Haynes
British Army 1st Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Northamptonshire
(d.8th Nov 1917)
Pte. William George Haynes
British Army 8th Btn., B Coy. York & Lancaster Regiment
from:Wolverhampton
William Haynes served with the 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. He was admitted to hospital on the 25th of May 1918 suffering from Inflammation of connective tissue, legs. I am looking for any information, photos and/or stories about my grandad. He died in 1944 when his children were young, so very little is known about him.
Pte. James Hays
British Army Durham Light Infantry
from:Durham
Pte T Hays
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.14th Mar 1916)
Hays, T. Private, 19/147 Killed in action on 14th March 1916. Aged 21 years.
Buried in Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais, in grave III. I. 6.
Son of John Hays. Born at South Shields. The CWGC records show him as attached to the 16th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Herbert Thomas Hayward
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.31st July 1917)
Lt.Col. Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward VC, MC.
British Army 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
from:South Africa
Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward was born in Swartberg, East Griqualand, South Africa. He was 26 years old, and an Acting Captain in the 1st Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment, when he was awarded the VC.
"On 21st/22nd March 1918 near Fremicourt, France, while commanding a company, Captain Hayward displayed almost superhuman powers of endurance. In spite of the fact that he was buried, wounded in the head and rendered deaf on the first day of operations and had his arm shattered two days later, he refused to leave his men (even though he received a third serious injury to his head from a bazooka) until he collapsed from sheer exhaustion. Throughout this period the enemy were attacking the company's front without cessation, but Captain Hayward continued to move across the open from one trench to another with absolute disregard for his own safety."
Hayward served in the Anti-Aircraft Command, part of the Royal Army Service Corps, during the Second World War. He was also commander of Prisoner of War camps from 1945 to 1947, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
CSM Walter John Hayward MM
British Army 8th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Fordingbridge
(d.26th August 1916)
Nurse Ida Rosina Haywood
Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service
from:38 Hampton Road, Grays, Essex
My Great Grandmother was Ida Rosina Haywood nee Wright born 20th of October 1891 at 38 Hampton Road, Grays, Essex. She was married on the 22nd of December 1915 at St Pancras London aged 24 to Alfred William Haywood. Ida who was a nurse at Whipps Cross, is believed to have served in the Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service during WW1 in Gibralta and Salonika.
Ida had three children and died aged 33, following child birth on 27th of September 1924. Her children were; Rose or Rosina Haywood, Edna Francces Haywood (my mother) and Alfred William Haywood.
Pte. Thomas Haywood
British Army 7th Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Bootle,
(d.9th August 1916)
Grdsmn. William Haywood
British Army 1st Batt Welsh Guards
from:Merthyr Tydfil
My grandfather, William Haywood was one of the first civillians to enlist in the Welsh Guards. He enlisted on 13th March 1915 at the age of 34. He left behind a wife and 5 children. On the same day as enlisting, he was put on a train to Caterham, where he underwent basic training for the next 157 days.
On completion of training he was shipped to France with the 1st Battalion on 17th August 1915, arriving at Havre on the 18th. They moved onto St Omer on 20th August, where they remained until 27th Sept 1915. At midday they received orders that they were to march to Loos at 2pm and were involved in the battle shortly after their arrival. Christmas Day 1915 was celebrated at La Gorgue and they remained there until 15th February 1916, whereupon they marched back to Estaires.
On 16th March the battalion was moved by train to Ypres where they again saw action up until July 1916. After the battle of Ypres they were sent to the Somme, which was by far the most outrageous encounter of all. After the battle they returned to Neuville and then by train to St Omer. They marched through the village of Compayne - it was exactly a year and 9 months since they had entered their first battle at Arques.
October 10th saw them back in action in the third battle of Ypres. The casualties totalled 451, which was less than in previous battles. Among the casualties was Guardsman 789 William Haywood, who received a gun shot wound to the head. My grandfather returned to Great Britain in November 1917, due to his injuries. His service record supplied to me by the Welsh Guards says that on 14th December 1918, 789 William Haywood discharged, surplus to military requirements, having suffered impairment since entering into the service.
Guardsman Haywood was batman to Captain Frank Lewis Thornhill Barlow, MC with whom he remained in contact after the war had ended and up to my grandfather's death in 1940.
Pte Joseph Hazel
British Army 9th Battalion Green Howards
from:308 Borough Road, East Middlesbrough
(d.10th July 1916)
Joseph Hazel aged 35 died on 10th July 1916. Before the war was a stevedore unloading the ships at Middlesbrough Docks. Married to Elizabeth Ellen Bunn with 3 young daughters, Sarah, Edith and Nora.(Nora, the youngest being born October 1912).
Joseph was born in East Hartlepool to James and Hannah Maria Hazel. His wife was told he made it through the Battle at Contalmaison but when going for water was shot by a sniper. Lived at 308 Borough Road East, Middlesbrough. Believed he may also have been in the army before his marriage to Elizabeth.
Pte. James Hazeldine
New Zealand Expeditionary Force Canterbury Regiment
from:Brunnerton, Greymouth
(d.10th May 1915)
James Hazeldine died on the 10th of May 1915 and is commemorated on the Commemorated on the New Zealand Memorial in the Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hazeldine, of Brunnerton, Greymouth.
Lt. E Hazeley
British Army 50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
from:A Coy.
Lt. E Hazeley served with A Coy. 50th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
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