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Rifleman ROBERT WILLIAM HAYES

Service Number: S/15923
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

V. E. 1.

France

Site visit 26th September 2025

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. L. E. Hayes, of 2, Almshouses, Plaxtol, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription SHORT WAS THE CALL THE SHOCK SEVERE TO PART WITH HIM WE LOVED SO DEAR

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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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