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Surname: HAYWOOD
Forename(s): Eshton
Place of Birth: Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Service No: 780786
Rank: Driver
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Battery 246th Brigade
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1918-04-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XIII. G. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Eshton Haywood (born 23 November 1895) was the son of John and Gertrude Haywood, née Nutter. John was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Gertrude at Rawdon, Yorkshire. John died in 1914. Gertrude married Isaac Lund in 1916.
1901 Eastburn, Yorkshire Census: 20, Sun Street - Eshton Haywood, aged 5 years, born Sutton Mill, Yorkshire, son of John and Gertrude Haywood.
1911 Eastburn, Yorkshire Census: 1, Grange View - Eshton Haywood, aged 15 years, born Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, son of John and Gertrude Haywood.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Dvr Eshton Haywood, 2635; 780786, R.F.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Dvr Eshton Haywood, 2635; 780786, RFA. T [Territorial Force]. K. in A. 16.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Dvr Eshton Haywood, 780786, R.F.A. A/246 Bde. Date and Place of Death: 16.4.18 in action France or Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Gertrude Lund. £21 14s. 1d.
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:
HAYWOOD, Driver Eshton, [Cowling], R.F.A., killed in action 1918.
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Driver Eshton HAYWOOD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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Gertrude Haywood, née Nutter the mother of Dvr Eshton Heywood
Courtesy of Kenneth Davy
Gertrude Haywood, née Nutter the mother of Dvr Eshton Haywood
Gertrude Haywood, née Nutter the mother of Dvr Eshton Haywood and possibly her youngest son, John Arthur Haywood
Courtesy of Kenneth Davy
Gertrude Haywood, née Nutter the mother of Dvr Eshton Heywood
Courtesy of Kenneth Davy
Postcard from Eshton to his mother, Gertrude
All images below are courtesy of Yvonne Salt née Davy
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Postcard from Eshton to his mother, Gertrude
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Postcard from Eshton to his younger sister, Maggie
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Postcard from Eshton to his younger sister, Maggie
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Fred gave me this so it is from both of us With love to all from Eshton xxxxx
Postcard from Fred to his ‘sweetheart’ Maggie
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Postcard from Fred to his ‘sweetheart’ Maggie
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03 May 1918
Driver Eshton Haywood, Cowling
Mrs. Lund, No. 1 Sun Street, Cowling, has heard from a comrade of her son, Driver Eshton Haywood, of the ----- Brigade, R.F.A. that he was killed in Flanders on the 16th April 1918 whilst conveying ammunition to the guns, and the same afternoon they buried him in the British Military Cemetery behind the lines. Driver Haywood enlisted on May 26th 1915, and went out to France on April 15th 1916. Before joining the Army he was employed by Messrs. A. E. Matthews & Co., Eastburn, as a loomer and twister. Driver Haywood, in civil life, was very highly, respected in Eastburn, Crosshills, and neighbourhood. In the Army he was an efficient soldier, earning the good opinion of both officers and men, amongst whom he was deservingly popular. Driver Haywood’s brother, Stoker James Haywood, who until he went into training for ‘secret service’ two months ago, was on H.M.S. Superb, and was one of the volunteers selected for the heroic raid on Zeebrugge, being on H.M.S. Vindictive. Stoker Haywood is now at home on three-weeks’ leave, recuperating after his most strenuous experience. He was also with Admiral Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet in the Battle of Jutland.
10 May 1918
COWLING – In Memoriam
A memorial service was conducted by the Vicar at the Parish Church on Sunday morning to the memory of the late Driver Eshton Haywood, recently killed in France. A memorial service was also conducted on Sunday morning at the United Methodist Church by the Rev. R.W. Whitehead (pastor) to the memory of the late John William Snowden, the last surviving son of Mr. Ben Snowden, Fold Lane, Cowling. Mr. Snowden was connected with the church, and had been in indifferent health for some time, passing away suddenly on the 28th ult. He was a schoolmaster, and at one time one of the masters at the Keighley Trade and Grammar School. For a number of years he was captain of the Cowling Cricket team, during its most successful period.
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03 May 1918
HAYWOOD – Killed in action, April 16th, Driver Eshton Haywood, of the R.F.A., and of Cowling.
03 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Cowling Soldier Killed
Driver Eshton Haywood, of the R.F.A., was killed on April 19th. Driver Heywood enlisted in May, 1915, and went out to France in April, 1916. Before joining the army he was employed as a loomer and twister at Messrs. A.E. Matthews and Co., Eastburn. Driver Haywood, in civil life, was very highly respected in the immediate neighbourhood of Sutton, Crosshills, Kildwick, and thereabouts, and afterwards in the army became an efficient soldier, earning the good opinions of all his comrades, both officers and men, amongst whom he was exceedingly popular.
Driver Haywood’s brother, Stoker James Haywood, who until two months ago, when he went into training for “secret service,” was on H.M.S. Superb, and was one of the volunteers selected for the heroic raid on Zeebrugge, being one of the crew of H.M.S. Vindictive. Stoker Haywood is now at home on three weeks’ leave, recuperating after his most strenuous experience. He was also with Admiral Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet in the Battle of Jutland.
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