Joseph HAYHURST

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HAYHURST

Forename(s): Joseph

Place of Birth: Nelson, Lancashire

Service No: 265660

Rank: Private

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

Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion

Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Age: 26

Date of Death: 1917-11-21

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 6 and 7.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Joseph Hayhurst was the son of John and Jane Hall Hayhurst, née Kelly. John was born at Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales and Jane at Liverpool, Lancashire.

1901 Briercliffe, Lancashire Census: 3, Walverden Road - Joseph Hayhurst, aged 9 years, born Nelson, Lancashire, son of John and Jane Hall Hayhurst.

1911 Colne, Lancashire Census: 32, Peter Street - Joseph Hayhurst, aged 20 years, born Nelson, Lancashire. [Joseph was lodging with William and Alice Clare and their family that included Maud Elizabeth, Joseph’s future wife.]

Joseph married Maud Elizabeth Clare in 1911.

In 1911 Joseph's parents were living at 36, Cobden Street, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph Hayhurst, 2790, 265660, 2/6 W. Riding R. Application for medals 16.3.21.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Joseph Hayhurst, 265660, 2/6 W. Rid. R. Pres dead 21.11.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Hayhurst, 2792, 265660, 2/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 21.11.17. Between Bourlon & National Strasse [old National Railway Line]. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Maud E. £8 13s. 10d. Self and children. War Gratuity: Widow - Maud E. £14 0s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joseph. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: M. E., born 6.1.93. Address 1. Lane Bottom, Barnoldswick. Address 2. 5, Lindsay Street, Burnley, Lancashire. Children: Albert, born 9.5.12. Eleanor, born 6.5.16.

Joseph was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai, 1917, 20 November-3 December, 1917 at the Capture of Bourlon Wood, 23-28 November.

The 1921 Census shows that Maud (born Shrewsbury, Shropshire) and her children: Albert (born Colne, Lancashire) and Eleanor (born , Barnoldswick, Lancashire [sic]) were living at 5, Emmett Street, Burnley, Lancashire.

A short biography of Joseph is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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

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