Willie Haywood (c.1885-1915)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- HAYWOOD, WILLIE. Private. No 12474. 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Golcar. Son of Mr and Mrs Whittaker Haywood, 39 Cowcliffe Hill, Birkby. Employed by Messrs Hopkinsons of Birkby. Enlisted at the outbreak of the war. Went out to the Dardenelles in August, 1915. Killed in action in the assault on Lala Baba, Suvla, when he went to the assistance of a wounded officer and was killed by a sniper on 7.8.1915, aged 30 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated HELLES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private WILLIE HAYWOOD
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Saturday, August 7, 1915
- record ID: 694552
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #694552)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #1804690)