Arthur Laurence Hayward
In 1911 he was serving at Crownhill Barracks Devon with 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
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Arthur Lawrence Hayward was born in 1892 at Beccles, Suffolk, he was the son of William Walter Hayward a coach body maker and Marianne Hayward, née Purland of 48 Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham.
His father William Hayward was born in 1859 at Clare, Suffolk, his mother Marianne Purland was born in 1860 at Beccles. Suffolk,they were married in 1880 their marriage was recorded in the Wangford registration district, Suffolk they went on to have 11 children sadly two were to die in infancy or early childhood.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 141 Wollaton Street, Nottingham, William 52 yrs is a coach body maker, he is living with his wife Marianne 51 yrs and their children, Frank 21 yrs a carriage maker, Harold 16 yrs a painter and decorator, Mildred 16 yrs a machinist, Joseph 14 yrs an errand boy and Beatrice 10 yrs a scholar.
In the same 1911 census we find that Arthur Lawrence has moved out of the family home, he has joined the Army and is living in barracks at Crownhill, Devon, he is 20 yrs of age and is serving with the 2nd battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
His effects were left to his parents -£11/15s/5d to his father and a £5 gratuity to his mother.
Arthur Laurence Hayward enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) in late 1908 or early 1909 and was posted to 2nd Battalion. He did not go to France with them, therefore was probably in reserve by 1914. He went to France with 1st Battalion on 4 November 1914. The battalion occupied the trenches on the final day of 1914. Weather was damp and cold, although the trenches had 'quantities' of water in them and one portion had to be abandoned. It is likely that Arthur was buried behind the trench line and his body later lost. He therefore has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
In Memoriam 31st December 1915 in the Nottingham Evening Post:
“HAYWARD. – In loving memory of our dear son, Arthur Lawrence, killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, December 31st, 1914.”
In Memoriam courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Photo published 29/1/1915 in the Nottingham Evening Post
Courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Le Touret Memorial
Photo by John Morse