Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private C. Hayward, Royal Berkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (201380 Pte. C. Hayward. R. Berks. R.) scratch to obverse of BWM, very fine

Pair: Private T. E. Hayward, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-13386 Pte. T. E. Hayward. The Queen’s R.) staining and verdigris to VM, otherwise very fine (4) £60-£80

Charles Hayward was born in Godstone, Surrey, on 4 February 1891 and served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment during the Great War. He died, aged 80, in Caterham, Surrey, on 14 December 1972.

Thomas Ellis Hayward, the younger brother of the above, was born in Godstone, Surrey, in July 1898. He attested for service with the Queen’s Regiment during the Great War and was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, on 27 September 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.