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Military service
Service number:
73357
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
April 4, 1892
Death:
September 15, 1916
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Son of George Hayden, late of Reading, Berks, England, and the late Sarah Hayden.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Hayden
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Photo of WILLIAM HAYDEN
In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William Hayden
William Hayden and his younger half-sister, Anne Hayden, c.1915 This is the only existing photo of him -
Attestation Paper (page 1)
Source: Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War. -
Attestation Paper (page 2)
Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First 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)
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Hayden
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Hayden
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Hayden
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Hayden
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Hayden
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Hayden
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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