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Cornelius Hayes
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 01/05/1877 |
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Place of birth: Denton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Last known residence: 37 Glanvor Road, Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Profession: Hatter |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 265690 |
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Enlistment date: 19/09/1914 |
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Enlistment place: Stockport Armoury, Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Cheshire Regiment, 1/6th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/05/1917 |
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Place of death: Lijssenthoek, Remy Siding Casualty Clearing Stations, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 40 |
Cemetery
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot: XII Row: A Grave: 40A |
Distinctions and medals 3
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1914-15 Star Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 6
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My story
Cornelius Hayes was born on 1 May 1877 in Denton, Lancashire, the eldest son of Cornelius and Margaret Hayes. He had seven sisters and a brother. In 1900, he married Mary Rigby. Mary died while giving birth to their first child, who was named after her mother. Cornelius remarried Florence (Flora) Holroyd in 1904. The couple moved to Stockport, Lancashire where Cornelius worked in the local hat works. They had four children, two daughters and two sons. Shortly after the outbreak of war in September 1914, Cornelius enlisted in the Stockport Armoury. In January 1915, he was sent to France, where he joined the Cheshire Regiment, 1/6th Battalion.
In late April 1917, the 1/6th Cheshires were stationed in the Hill Top Farm sector between the IIzer Canal and St Julien. Besides repairing and maintaining the positions, they conducted several reconnaissance patrols to 'Canadian Dugouts' (28.C.22.a.85.00), named after the Canadians who fought here in 1915, which now belonged to the German first line in front of Hill Top Farm. The war diary records that a wounded man had been taken to the hospital on 6 May 1917. That man was Private Cornelius Hayes. He was older than most of his comrades. Cornelius was carried off with severe wounds in his abdomen, probably from shrapnel, and he was taken to Casualty Clearing Station Lijsenthoek (Poperinge) where he succumbed to his wounds the same day.
Cornelius was buried at Lijsenthoek military cemetery. He had just turned 40.
In late April 1917, the 1/6th Cheshires were stationed in the Hill Top Farm sector between the IIzer Canal and St Julien. Besides repairing and maintaining the positions, they conducted several reconnaissance patrols to 'Canadian Dugouts' (28.C.22.a.85.00), named after the Canadians who fought here in 1915, which now belonged to the German first line in front of Hill Top Farm. The war diary records that a wounded man had been taken to the hospital on 6 May 1917. That man was Private Cornelius Hayes. He was older than most of his comrades. Cornelius was carried off with severe wounds in his abdomen, probably from shrapnel, and he was taken to Casualty Clearing Station Lijsenthoek (Poperinge) where he succumbed to his wounds the same day.
Cornelius was buried at Lijsenthoek military cemetery. He had just turned 40.
Sources 6
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6 Battalion Cheshire Regiment (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2590/3_2). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG11). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG13). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
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Hartley J., 6th battalion the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War: a territorial battalion on the Western front, 1914-1918 (Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley 2017) 207-209. Sources used |
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UK, World War I Service Medal and Awards Rolls, 1914-1920(The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 329). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
More information 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/144633 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1796428 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=d20ef17a-522f-4aa6-8df5-b83535e75d62 |