W A – Hayward – Great Western Railway – Private – 04/11/1918

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Title

W A – Hayward – Great Western Railway – Private – 04/11/1918

Initials / forenames

W A

Surname

Hayward

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Wiltshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

46452

Railway department

Locomotive and Carriage Department, Swindon

Railway job

Apprentice Boilermaker

Date died

04/11/1918

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, February 1919, p26. Photo: February 1919, p27

Memorial

Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois

Notes

Age 19, the son of Mr A and Mrs L S Hayward of 69 Chapel Street, Swindon. [Unconfirmed possible match with CWGC records]

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

03/05/2017

Last updated

03/05/2017

Citation

“W A – Hayward – Great Western Railway – Private – 04/11/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/54240.