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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, England
(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
Cpl. Albert Charles Hazell
British Army 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Reading
(d.11th October 1918)
Albert Hazell served with 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Harold Lewin George Hazell
Royal Navy
Harold Hazell was a ships stoker.
Sgt. Oscar Reginald Hazell MM.
British Army 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
(d.19th Apr 1918)
Oscar Hazell served with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 19th April 1918, aged 22. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial. We believe he died during the Lys Offensive, holding the right flank between Gris Pot and Bois Grenier. The line was just behind Hollebeque Farm.
Lt. Thomas Falcon Hazell MC, DFC & Bar.
Royal Flying Corps 1 Sqd.
from:Roundstone, Clifden, County Galway
Pte. William Francis Hazell
British Army 11th Btn. Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment
from:5 Castle Cottages, Child's Hill, Cricklewood, London
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Bill Hazell was my great uncle. His sister Florence Hazell was my paternal grandmother. He was a fishshop assistant and lived in Child's Hill, north London (between West Hampstead and Golders Green). I have been told that my grandmother was much affected by her young brother's early death at the age of 24. I have visited his memorial which is on the Menin Gate and it is a very sad and moving place. I note that his date of death coincided with the explosion of mines before the Battle of Messines and am interested in knowing if he was killed as a result of the blasts or in the fighting which took place subsequently.
Pte. Henry Hazeltine
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.5th May 1916)
Henry Hazeltine left behind his wife Annie and 7 children. He was aged 33 when he was killed in action.
Pte. Ernest Hazelwood
British Army 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Withersfield, Suffolk
(d.3rd July 1916)
Ernest Hazelwood was my great great uncle. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial along with many of his comrades. He was born in Withersfield, a village outside Haverhill in Suffolk. We will remember them.
Pte. Thomas William Hazelwood
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Thomas George Hazzard
British Army 1st Battalion Somerset light infantry
from:Western s Weston Super Mare
(d.4th Oct 1917)
Cpl. Thomas George Hazzard
British Army 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Weston supervMare
(d.4th Oct 1917)
Sgt. Joseph Heacock
British Army 1/7th Btn. Middlesex Rgt.
(d.7th October 1916)
Sgt. Arthur Head
British Army 1st Btn. East Surrey Rgt.
My grandfather Arthur Head joined the British Army in 1905 and served until he was discharged in 1920 and then he left for Canada in 1928. In 1911-12 he was definitely posted in India and received the Abor expedition medal, 1911-12. His service book showed he learned Hindustani.
During WWI he served with the 1st Btn of the East Surrey Regiment. In 1916, while on leave in London, England, he saved the life of a man who was drowning in the River Thames. For this action he received the Royal Humane Society Life Saving Medal.
L/Cpl. Robert Arthur Head
British Army 6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)
(d.31st Oct 1914)
Robert Arthur Head was killed in action on 31st October 1914. He enlisted in the 13th Hussars on 15th February 1911 and was discharged by purchase on 4th of February 1913. Robert re-enlisted in the 6th Dragoon Guards on 26th November 1913.
Enquiry on his death reads: 353 Pte E T Webb 6th Dragoon Guards "On the night of 31st October 1914 I was in a trench with L'Cpl Head, during a lull in the German attack I heard Capt. Hartley ask him if he knew where the trench of A Squadron was. He replied that he did, as he had been there the evening before. Capt Hartley asked him if he would go and try to find out if the trench was still intact. He said he would, about 2 minutes after he left fresh parties of the enemy advanced up the ledge between A and C Squadron trenches. I never saw him again."
Pte. William Headland
British Army 23rd (Service) Battalion (First Sportsman) City of London Regiment
from:Surrey
William Headland joined the 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman), City of London Regiment on 6th October 1914 and came out 27th June 1916 Paragraph 392 XV1 as "Sickness" but never found out what List E/724 meant? Does anyone know. I know it came under "no longer physically fit for Service" thats all.
He also served in the ARP during the Second World War.
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