Blue file of documents about Sapper C V Haynes. || My grandfather Charles Henry Valentine Haynes was born in Mill Street, Wantage, on Valentine's Day 1889. He was a carpenter who married Maud Wilkins, a servant, on October 2, 1915 at Wantage Parish Church. Charles enlisted in the territorials on June 7, 1916 and served in the Royal Engineers. His records tell the story of his war service until 1917 when he was gassed, probably in the Ypres Salient. He was discharged on March 1, 1918 for being o longer physically fit for war service. His personnel service record was kept in an old biscuit tin and has now been preserved by his granddaughter. Charles died on April 16, 1949, aged 60, having suffered problems with his lungs and high blood pressure.

London England

Booklet entitled 'Memorial Register:Introduction to the Register of the Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D'Amiens Cemetry, Arras France' owned by the Appleby family.