Private James Hayes

Army Number: 21498

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

He was born on 23rd September 1892. Son of Sam and Martha Hayes, of Chatsworth Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted in January 1915 and served in Gallipoli, where he suffered from frostbite and blood poisoning. He was invalided to Manchester Infirmary, England. He returned to France on 2nd June 1916 and was killed in action on 5th July 1916 in the attack on the German positions at La Boisselle, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private James Hayes is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Sutton-in-Ashfield War Memorial (St. Michael and All Angels Cross), Nottinghamshire.
Sutton-in-Ashfield Cemetery War Memorial, Nottinghamshire.