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John Rudolf Burrell Hayley

 John Rudolf Burrell Hayley

Person details

Forename(s) John Rudolf Burrell
Surname Hayley
Rank Rifleman
Regiment The London Regiment
Age 21
Death Died of wounds received near Arras
Place of Death France
Date of Death 30/04/1917
Year of Entry 1910
House Letter C
School Notes
Comments Brother of CWS Hayley. Album text says London Regiment; photo says 50th bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force. Brother of CWSB Hayley. Reg: "Sgt 50 Bn Can. Inf. 1914, aft. in ranks 16 Bn Lond. Regt (Queen's Westminster Rifles)". CWGC gives 1/16th Bn London, service no. 553700. Obituary in Radleian of 27/06/1917. Wounds rec'd on 15th April
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-record...
Unit 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Prefect
Military Decorations
Album Number 3
Battle Battle of Arras
Previous Regiment 50th battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Additional Notes Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 11 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/
Burial or Cemetery ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave ref XVIII. D. 1A
Place of Birth Bognor, Sussex; from Catsfield, Battle, Sussex
Post School With Dominion Express Co., Calgary, Canada
Shields in Hall