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Three: Private W. Hayes, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Ypres
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (7954 Pte. W. Hayes 1st W. Y. Regt.); 1914 Star (7954 Pte. W. Hayes. 1/W. York: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7954 Pte. W. Hayes. W. York. R.); together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19, good very fine (4) £180-£220
Walter Hayes was born at Gateshead, Co. Durham, in 1887, and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment in March 1905, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in India on the North West Frontier in 1908, and during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1914. Captured and taken Prisoner of War at Bourge, Ypres, he was held at camps at Berlin and Doeberitz. Repatriated following the cessation of hostilities, he was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 11 April 1919. He is listed in the National Roll of the Great War.
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