Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Haynes
Sidney Haynes
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: HAYNES, Sidney Arthur
Status: Died
Address: 33-35 The Vineyard
Rank: Private
Service No: PLY/2200(S)
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Chronology: from May 1917, France
Cause of Death: Killed
Place at death: France
Date of death: 6 April 1918
Age at Death: 22
Family Details: Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Haynes, of 33, Vineyard, Abingdon, Berks.
Buried or Commemorated: Buried in AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Reference: Plot III. Row C. Grave 1.
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Sidney died in the last year of the war. From the picture it is clear that some members of the family visited Sidney's grave in France in the early years before the stone memorial had been erected.
George Albert and William Gladstone Haynes
Thomas and Amelia Haynes with their 13 children.
Sidney is on the far left.
George is on far right back row.
William Gladstone is standing in front of George. (Presumably "Uncle Bill" in the graveside photograph above.)
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: HAYNES, George Albert
Status: Returned
Address: 30 The Vineyard
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Chronology: August 1914 to February 1919, France
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Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: HAYNES, William Gladstone
Status: Returned
Address: 33-35 The Vineyard
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 1st/8th
Regiment: Hampshire Regiment
Chronology: from February 1917, Egypt, France
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Original scans from the WW1 Families Collection
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