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Surname: HAILWOOD
Forename(s): Albert
Place of Birth: Hellifield, Yorkshire
Service No: 267974
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1918-04-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HELLIFIELD, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Albert Hailwood (born 22 May 1896) was the son of Roger and Sarah Alice Hailwood, née Hardy. Roger was born at Preston and Sarah at Bolton, Lancashire. Albert was baptized at Bolton, 27 June 1896.
1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 537, Bolton Road - Albert Hailwood, aged 4 years, born Hellifield, Yorkshire, son of Roger and Sarah Alice Hailwood.
1911 Hellifield, Yorkshire Census: 2, Lancashire & Yorkshire Terrace - Albert Hailwood, aged 14 years, born Hellifield, son of Roger and Sarah Alice Hailwood.
Albert is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte A. Hailwood. [Albert may have been transferred to the 1/4th Bn after recovering from a wound received 22 June 1915.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte A. Hailwood, 2239, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 14.4.15. K. in A. 29.4.18. [Albert's 1914-15 Star had originally been issued with the surname of Hillwood.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Albert Hailwood, 267974, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Albert Hailwood, 267974, 1/6 W. Rid. R.; 1/4 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 29.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Albert Hailwood, 267974, 1/4th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: Belgium 29.4.18. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Roger. £32 17s. 3d.
Albert's parents received a letter from an officer (see 'Craven Herald' and 'West Yorkshire Pioneer' of 24 May 1918) stating that he had been buried in the same grave as an officer of the Worcestershire Regiment. The officer, who was probably 2nd Lieut Albert Edwin Braggins (d. 29 April 1918), was later buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium. It is possible that when the bodies were exhumed for reburial, the body of Pte. Hailwood was not identified. Therefore he may be buried as an unknown soldier, or, if his brass shoulder titles existed, as an unknown soldier of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in La Clytte Military Cemetery perhaps close to the grave of 2nd Lieut Albert Edwin Braggins (grave reference: V. E. 2.). His body was found at map reference: S28 G36 D9.7. The body of an unknown soldier of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment was also found and has the same map reference (grave reference V. E. 14).
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HAILWOOD, Albert, aged 21, West Riding Regiment, Lancashire and Yorkshire Terrace, [Hellifield], killed in action April 30, 1918.
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Private Albert HAILWOOD

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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