BORN THORNTON DALE 19/07/1882. SON OF FRED HAYNES (1857-1920) & ELIZABETH JANE ADCOCK (1857-1920). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOHN AND ONE SISTER, ELSIE.
MARRIED ON 08/02/1903. HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE NEALE 1878-1964) AND TWO CHILDREN (ELSIE & FRED), LIVED AT 22, ALEXANDRA CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
EMPLOYED AS A PAINT GRINDER (1911 CENSUS) AND OIL MILLER (ARMY RECORDS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 37-39 INCH CHEST, 133 LBS WEIGHT, UPPER DENTURE.
ENLISTED HULL, ON 26/07/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/12/1916. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/04/1917, AGED 34. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 326 DAYS.
HIS WIFE WAS AWARDED A WAR PENSION, ON 05/11/1917.
HIS NAME IS LISTED AT HULL’S, HOLY TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, COTTINGHAM ROAD. ALSO RECORDED ON THE ST JOHNS WW1 MEMORIAL, NEWLAND, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL.
