HiYa Peter,
I have checked Thomas Richard Hayes on Soldiers Died in
the Great War but there is no additional information there,
except he enlisted in Birmingham. On SDGW you are able
to print a facsimile copy of the Memorial Scroll, if you look
in the Photos section of this site there is a picture of an
original scroll there, for each casualty listed so if you would
like one for Thomas please feel free to contact me at my
e-mail (
murtaghb@aol.com) with an address and I'll print
you one and send it to you.
If you are not to far from a large Library you can check
many other sources of information, if you can get to
Birmingham I would suggest you go to the Family
History/Archives Section of Birmingham City Library
where you can search the Birth and Marraiges Index's
and get any certificates for him? The register office is
within a short walking distance. Also check the 1901, 1891
and 1881 census's and this will put flesh on the bones.
Getting a picture of a casualty is almost impossible but a
check of De Rivegnys, not sure of the spelling Birmingham
City Library have a copy and you can Aalso check the
archives of local papers for the time while you are there.
Also in Birmingham City Library they have Volumes of the
National Roll for the area and as a local man he will probably
be listed. They also have a copy of POW's from the Great War
which you can check. I have been a number of times and
the staff are very approachable and helpful.
The only other things I can suggest is to get his Medal Index
Card, this doesn't always tell you much more than you know
but you do need it for the referances needed to get copies of
his entry on any medal rolls. You can PlumPudding his MIC from
ERROR://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... ueryType=1 for £3.50. The Western Front Association have the
original MIC and they will search for his for you for a small fee,
the difference is they will also copy any information found on
the back of the card. Once you know his medal entitlement
you can get copies of his Medal Roll entries which can tell you
a little more but you will have to go to London and search for them.
I think that the best source of information on him would be
his Soldiers Service Record but about 40% were destroyed
during the Great War, you can search for these at the
National Archives in Kew. I tend to pay a researcher to do
this for me, I have used a gentlemen called John Collins on
a number of occasions. He does a package for Soldiers
that didn't survive the Great War, for your money he will
get you copies of the MIC, medal roll entries and search
for a Soldiers Record and send you a copy if it is found
but to be honest with over 40% destroyed in the 2nd World
War you pay your money and take a chance but if they
have survived they really are a great source of information
and interest. If you look at his Website,
ERROR://militaryresearchon.com/ you can order a search on-line
for about £35?
I Hope this is helpful
Barrie
"Evil Flourishes where good men do nothing", The Worcesters are Good Men.