Name
Albert Edward Haynes
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/06/1916
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
3/8156
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn., attached Trench Mortar Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. 3.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Little Berkhamsted War Memorial
Pre War
Albert was born in Little Berkhamsted about 1886 into the large family of Tandrew (a carpenter) and Alice. In 1911 Albert was a house painter living on his own in Little Berkhamsted.
Wartime Service
Albert enlisted at Hertford and his service number indicates this was initially into the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and probably in August or September 1914. He landed in France on 26th July 1915 and was killed in action on 27th June 1916 in the trenches at Carnoy during the preparation for the opening attack of the Battle of the Somme.
Additional Information
Son of Andrew and Alice Haynes, of Little Berkhamstead, Hertford.
Acknowledgments
Martin Cope, Jim Maynard
