Military History

Theatre

Action/Battle/Other

The Siege of Kut Al Amara

Place of Death

Near Kut al Amara

 

Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

3 Sep 1914 at Oxford

Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units

Basra war memorial has been damaged and is currently (March 2023) closed for repairs.

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The war diary places the battalion in the trenches in a line somewhere between Sinn and Dujailah Redoubt - see red/blue line below. However on the day he is reported, 27 Mar 1916 as missing presumed dead the battatlion was undertaking drills & training along with fatigues in trenches and no mention is made of any shelling or casualties, a situation that was the same from 21st to 30th when 4 men were wounded.

Trench Map - Kut	War Diary

Birth Date & Place

Jul Qtr 1886 at Shotteswell

Baptism Date & Place

Parents

Joseph and Jane Haynes of Shotteswell

Wife & Marriage

Children

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Occupation(s)

• 1911 - Farm labourer
• 1914 - Farm labourer

Schools & Colleges

 

Address History

• 1891 to 1915 Shotteswell

Other Information

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