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Military service
Service number:
743085
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
February 2, 1885
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Fred Davis Hayes
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Essay
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Essay
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Essay
Belle Isle Regional High School - 'Lest We Forget - Springfield, New Brunswick'<P> In the Spring of 2008, the Grade 11 Modern History students at Belle Isle Regional High School completed biographies for eighteen First World War soldiers. Their assignment was part of the 'Lest We Forget' project initiated by Blake Seward, a history teacher, in Smiths Falls, Ontario.<P> The students researched individuals from Norton, New Brunswick who died while serving in the First World War. There are 44 names listed on the local cenotaph, Riverbank Memorial and it is their intention to continue this project until students have completed biographies on all the individuals listed. Their teacher, Stephen Wilson, then intends to research the soldiers from the Second World War. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Memorial Scroll issued by the British Government given to the relatives of men and women whose deaths were attributable to the Great War of 1914-1918 Private Fred Davis Hayes 743085 February 2, 1885 – August 15, 1917 age 32 CEF, 2nd Canadian Division, 5th Infantry Brigade, 26th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Davis Hayes
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Davis Hayes
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Davis Hayes
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Davis Hayes
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Davis Hayes
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Davis Hayes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 253 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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