200511 Serjeant William Austin Hayes MM
2/5th North Staffordshire Regiment
21 March 1918, aged 24
Serjeant Hayes was the husband of Annie Hayes of 26 Church Terrace, Blythe Bridge, Stoke on Trent.
He is buried in Mory Abbey cemetery, Mory.
The 2/5th North Staffordshire Regiment was absorbed in 1/5th North Staffordshire in February 1918 to create the 5th North Staffordshire Regiment.
The latter battalion effectively ceased to exist in May 1918.
On 21 March 1918 the 5th North Staffordshires were in the British front line when the German army began its Spring Offensive.
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