H. G. Hayes
Service no. 3/26023
Private, Durham Light Infantry, 10th Battalion, formerly 14284, Dragoon Guards
Born in Westminster; enlisted in London; lived in South Lambeth
Killed in action age 21 on 23 September 1915
CWGC: “Son of Charles Edward and Florence Eleanor Hayes, of Westminster, London.”
Remembered at Popinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 the Hayes family – parents and 5 children – lived at 27 Wilkie Buildings, Westminster, where they occupied 3 rooms. Charles Edward Hayes, 42, was a cutter in the cap trade. He was born in Westminster. Florence Eleanor Hayes, 39, was born in Hackney. Charles Thomas Hayes, 18, was apprenticed to a butcher. Henry George Hayes, 17, was a brass finisher’s apprentice. Leonard Hayes, 15, was a junior clerk. Sidney Arthur Hayes, 11, and Florence Ellen Louisa Hayes, 8, were at school. All the children were born in Westminster, apart from Sidney Arthur, who was born in Lambeth.