BORN YORK 1896. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH HAYES, OF MYTON-ON-SWALE, HELPERBY, YORK (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). SON OF A FRUITIER, GAME DEALER AND FISH SELLER. HE HAD FIVE OLDER BROTHERS WHO ALL SERVED IN THE WAR..
A SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/01/1916, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT QUARRY CEMETERY, VERMELLES, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”.
HIS WAR PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER AND THEN CLAIMED BY HIS FATHER WHEN SHE DIED ON 25/10/1921.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
22159
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/01/1916
Place died:
QUARRY CEMETERY, VERMELLES, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
24
