Six: Private E. J. Hayes, Devonshire Regiment, later Lieutenant, Devon Army Cadet Force...

Six: Private E. J. Hayes, Devonshire Regiment, later Lieutenant, Devon Army Cadet Force 1914-15 Star (9966 Pte. E. J. Hayes. Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9966 Pte. E. J. Hayes. Devon. R.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5608231 Pte. E. J. Hayes. Devon R.); Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Lt. E. J. Hayes.) mounted for wear, the Great War awards polished and worn, these good fine; the rest better (6) £160-£200 --- Edward Joseph Hayes was born at the Pancras Workhouse, Camden Town, London in 1895. A Musician by occupation he attested for the Devonshire Regiment on 17 April 1914. Posted to the 1st Battalion he disembarked to join the Expeditionary Force France 3 December 1914. Post-War, he subsequently served with the 1st Battalion at Waterford during the Irish Troubles 1920-21, before probably embarking for Shanghai where the battalion formed part of the Shanghai Defence Force 26 March 1927. Serving later in Malta and India, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1932, prior to being discharged on 16 April 1935. The 1939 Register shows him employed as a Labourer with R. P. Willey & Co., Exeter, and as an Air Raids Precaution member. An application dated 12 March 1948 for appointment to a commission with the Devon Army Cadet Force states that he was previously Regimental Sergeant Major with the 1st Exeter Cadet Battalion, having served 21 years with the Devonshire Regiment. Appointed Second Lieutenant Devon Army Cadet Force on 2 April 1948, he was promoted Lieutenant in 1950 and relinquished his commission due to age on 18 October 1957, receiving his Cadet Forces Medal on 22 November 1957. He died at Exeter on 17 June 1965, aged 70. Sold with copied research.