John Edward HEYES

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HEYES

Forename(s): John Edward

Place of Birth: Accrington, Lancashire

Service No: 6/4607

Rank: Private

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

Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-07-05

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. E. 1.

CWGC Cemetery: LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

John Edward Heyes was the son of Richard and Sarah Heyes, née Oddie. Richard was born at Clayton-le-Moors and Sarah at Burnley, Lancashire.

1881 Accrington, Lancashire Census: 30, Royds Street - John Ed Heys, aged 2 years, born Accrington, son of Richard and Sarah Heys.

1891 Accrington, Lancashire Census: 20, Royds Street - John E. Hayes, aged 12 years, born Accrington, son of Richard and [stepson of] Chaterina [sic] Heys. [Named as Catharine in the 1901 Census.]

John was married to Abigail Mary Riley in 1898.

1901 Church, Lancashire Census: 1, off Bradshaw Street - John E. Heys, aged 22 years, born Accrington, Lancashire, husband of Abigal [sic] Heys.

The British Army Service Record for John Edward Heyes exists but may be incomplete. [Information in the record, supplied by his sister-in-law, Betsy Ann Clarkson, states that his wife had died in 1909 and that he had two children: Edward, born 1905 and Catherine, born 1907.]

John had served in the Army before the Great War with the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. He attested for the Army at Skipton on the 11 August 1915 and was posted to the 3/6th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He was posted to the 1/6th Bn on the 12 June 1916.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John E. Heyes, 6/4607, W. Rid. R. K. in A. 5.7.16.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Edward Heyes, 6/4607, 1/6 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 5.7.16.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Edward Heyes, 4607, 1/6th Bn West Riding. Date and Place of Death: 5.7.16 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sister in law guardian of daughter - Mrs Winifred Haworth. £2 0s. 6d.; Sister in law guardian of son - Mrs Betsy Ann Clarkson. £2 0s 6d.

A short biography of John is included in: ‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).

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: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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