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HAYESMORE F.G (brother) Private G/5053 Frederick George HAYESMORE. 7 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Sunday 2 nd July 1916 aged 30 years. Born Tenterden. Enlisted Tenterden. Resided Rolvenden. Son of Alfred and Emily Hayesmore of Harbridge Manor Cottage, Cranbrook, Kent. Formerly residing at Earl Lodge, Great Maytham, Rolvenden, Kent. Husband of S.E Hayesmore of Hamilton House, Rolvenden, Kent. Frederick has no known grave. His name appears on the Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Panel reference 5D. Frederick’s commanding Officer wrote – “He died the finest death a soldier can die and he died fighting hard”. All three Hayesmore brothers served in the 7 th battalion! Frederick’s brother Hubert was killed the previous day. Frederick must have known of his brothers death the day before his own. Frederick was killed in action on the second day of the Battle of the Somme holding the captured Pommiers Line. His battalion was in the vicinity of Carnoy clearing captured mine craters. This took the battalion 6 hours to complete. The Buffs remained in frontline trenches here until the night of the 4 th July. During this period the battalion lost 50 men killed outright and a further 150 wounded. 18
HAYESMORE H.H (brother) Private G/5033 Hubert Harold HAYESMORE. 7 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Saturday 1 st July 1916 aged 22 years. Born Tenterden. Enlisted Tenterden. Resided Rolvenden. Son of Alfred and Emily Hayesmore of Harbridge Manor Cottage, Cranbrook, Kent. Formerly residing at Earl Lodge, Great Maytham, Rolvenden, Kent. Buried in the Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, The Somme, France. Grave reference VIII.V.2. Before joining the Army Hubert was working as a groom to Captain F De Laune of Sharsted Court, Doddington, Faversham, Kent. Hubert was Killed on the first day of the Battle of The Somme. His brother (above) was killed the next day. All three Hayesmore brothers served in the 7 th battalion. On the 1 st July 1916 the 7 th battalion was holding frontline trenches in the vicinity of Carnoy. Its objective was a German trench called Pommiers Trench about 200 yards north of the Montauban-Fricourt Road. By the end of the day the battalion had made small gains and were busy consolidating captured mine craters at Carnoy. 19
Page 1: ROLVENDEN All three Hayesmore broth
Page 4 and 5: BARHAM W.S Captain Wilfred Saxby BA
Page 6 and 7: BISHOP G Sergeant L/7812 George BIS
Page 8 and 9: BROWN G Private L/7824 George BROWN
Page 10 and 11: BRYANT T Private TF/1321 Thomas BRY
Page 12 and 13: COTTINGHAM J Private G/8491 John Al
Page 14 and 15: EALDEN H Private 8226 Horace EALDEN
Page 16 and 17: GOBLE G (brother) Private G GOBLE.
Page 20 and 21: HAYESMORE L.A (brother) Private G/5
Page 22 and 23: HYLAND E Private L/6001 Edwin HYLAN
Page 24 and 25: HYLAND R.O Shoeing Smith 5650 Richa
Page 26 and 27: Private 25152 Frank Edward JUDGE. 2
Page 28 and 29: MAYNARD W Private TF/204219 William
Page 30 and 31: MUNNION F.A Sergeant 821 Frederick
Page 32 and 33: PARKER H Corporal 177 Herbert PARKE
Page 34 and 35: Two forward companies were holding
Page 36 and 37: Private 4540 Alfred RUSSELL. 3 rd B
Page 38 and 39: The 1901 census gives - Regent Stre
Page 40 and 41: SMITH A Private G/5179 Alfred SMITH
Page 42 and 43: TENNANT H Second Lieutenant Henry T
Page 44 and 45: Battlebags British Airships of the
Page 46 and 47: LOST MEN BRUNGER H Private T/240374
Page 48: SWATLING H.F.S Private G/97988 Haro

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