Great War Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) casualty 1914-1915 Star trio and Memorial Plaque awarded to Private E. Hayes, 1/8th and later 1/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who initially saw service at Gallipoli from 5th May 1915 before later serving on the Western Front being killed in action on 6th September 1917. Having no known grave he is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Group of 4: 1914-1915 Star; (1838 PTE. E. HEYES. LAN:FUS:) British War Medal and Victory Medal; (1838 PTE. E. HEYES. LAN. FUS.) Great War Memorial Plaque; (ERNEST HAYES). Note different spelling of surname on Star.
Condition: note different spelling of surname on star, Good Very Fine
Ernest Heyes also Hayes was born at All Saints, Manchester and enlisted at Broughton, Manchester then seeing service as a Private (No. 1838) with the 1st/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers at Gallipoli on 5th May 1915 and would later see service on the Western Front with 1/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers being killed in action on 6th September 1917. Having no known grave he is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is noted as the son of Mrs. Mary Jane Hayes of 94 Langworthy Road, Lightbourne Road, Moston.
Two medal index cards exist for Ernest Heyes/Hayes confirming the different spelling of the surname on the Star and then the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
