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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Hayward
Initials:E
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/11054
Notes:MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory an War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 23/7/1915. Shown as (1) France, 23/7/1915 to 19/9/1916 on medal roll page B716. 31/8/1914 he enlisted as a Pte 7 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, No. 11388, age 22 years, address: sister 62 Baxter Road, Essex Road, Inglestone, transferred to MFP date not known, served G (Portsmouth) Area, Southern Command. Wounded severely in France. Served Home 31/8/1914 to 22/7/1915, BEF 23/7/1915 to 19/9/1916, Home 20/9/1916 to 17/8/1919. 18/8/19 to class Z reserve. 22/7/1919 awarded £2 on the Crystal Palace Discharge Centre Acquittance Roll.
Info from pension index card: Hayward, Ernest, DEAD 15/6/1927, MFP, P11054, DCLI, 11/M/308511, 62 Baxter Road, Essex Road, Islington, London, 18/8/1919, Stamp: Ad 11/8/1919 at 11/- from 19/8/1919 to 7/2/1920, Chelsea no. Z/Misc/2455, received 13/8/1919.
Ernest Hayward.