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KIA

Henry George Hayes

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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.

Alfred James Harris

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A. J. Harris
Service no. G/18601
Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Born in South Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell
Killed in action age 19 on 17 October 1918
Remembered at Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Alfred James as a 12-year-old schoolboy living with his family at 14 Larkhall Lane, where they occupied 7 rooms. Frederick James Harris, 51, a brewery stoker and Eliza Mary Harris, 56, did not give birthplaces. They had 8 children, 5 of whom were included on the census return:
William John Harris, 30, a railway stoker, born in Twickenham
Albert Frank Harris, 26, a packer, born in Twickenham
Edith Alice Harris, 17, a dressmaker’s assistant, born in South Lambeth
Minnie Eliza Harris, 16, a packer, born in South Lambeth
Alfred James Harris, 12, born in South Lambeth

Arthur Pearce Harold

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A. P. Harold
Service no. 320761
Private, Norfolk Regiment, 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion
Born in Reading, Berkshire
Killed in action around age 34 on 9 December 1917
Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel

Information from the censuses

Arthur Pearce Harold, 28, a newspaper clerk, was born in Reading, Berkshire. In 1911 he lived in 3 rooms at 13 Prideaux Road, Stockwell with his parents, Edward Charles Harold, 64, a chemist’s assistant from Tonbridge Wells, Kent, and Elizabeth Ann Harold, 62, a music teacher from Maidstone, Kent, and his sister, Margaret Gibson Harold, a 25-year-old post office clerk, born in Tunbridge Wells. This is one of the few examples where all members of the household have given occupations, including the women. Edward and Elizabeth Harold had had 5 children, with only Arthur and Margaret surviving in 1911.

Charles William Hall

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C. W. Hall
Service no. G/10772
Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 11th Battalion; also Machine Gun Corps, attd 39th
Killed in action aged about 25 on 14 April 1918
CWGC: “Son of Mrs. M. C. Hall, of 13, Priory Rd., South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at St. Venant-Robescq Road British Cemetery, Robecque, Pas de Calais

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Charles William Hall, then 18, lived with his widowed mother, Mary Chamberlain Hall, 59, at 13 Priory Road, South Lambeth, where they occupied 3 rooms. Mary was from Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. Charles, an only child, was born in Lambeth and worked as a clerk for a bottled beer manufacturer. On the night of the census, Mary Jane Jones, a 31-year-old married woman and her son Alfred James Jones, 2, were visiting. They were both Lambeth-born.