The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A W G Hayler

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private Alfred William George HAYLER, G/2660, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds (shrapnel in face), Flanders France, 21st March 1916.

Born Brockham, Surrey, son of Alfred William & Emma Hayler, 10 Mark Street, Reigate, Surrey.

1911 Census - 10 Brockham Pits, Brockham, Surrey - Alfred Hayler, head, age 41, married, stone miner, quarry, born Betchworth; Emma Hayler, wife, age 46, married 16 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Blindley Heath; Alfred William Hayler, son, age 15, single, message boy, born Brockham; Lizzie Hayler, daughter, age 13, school, born Epsom; Annie Hayler, daughter, age 9, school, born Brockham Pits; Jack Robert Hayler, son, age 4, born Brockham Pits.

Formerly West Surrey Special Reserve, discharged March 1914 by purchase.

Enlisted Reigate, Surrey, age 19, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 125lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. Radical case of appendicitis, Aldershot. Formerly labourer.

Home, 7th September 1914 to 10th August 1915; BEF, 11th August 1915 to 21st March 1916.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th July 1915, Colchester, overstaying his pass from midnight till 9.30pm 19th July, 4 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 11th August 1915, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1915, 18 Supply Base Depot, attached 12th Entrenching Battalion; 15th September 1915, joined Battalion, In the Field; 20th February 1916, 55 Field Ambulance, put under observation; 28th February 1916, 55 Field Ambulance, to duty; 20th March 1916, wounded, shrapnel in face.

16th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Alfred William Hayler, 10 Mark Street, Reigate, Surrey; Mother, Emma Hayler, 10 Mark Street, Reigate, Surrey; Brothers - Jack Robert Hayler, age 13, 10 Mark Street, Reigate, Surrey; Sisters - Annie Hayler, age 17, 10 Mark Street, Reigate, Surrey.

Buried at Chipilly Communal Cemetery Extension, A. 12., France.

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