Lewis Roy Haycock
Born 19 Mar 1895 - Died 12 Oct 1917
- Service number
- WWI 11661 AWMM
- Also known as
- Lewis Roy Gordon AWMM
- Louis Roy AWMM
- Louis Roy AWMM
- Lewis Roy Gordon Haycock AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Lewis Roy AWMM
- Surname
- Haycock AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Lewis Roy Gordon AWMM
- Louis Roy AWMM
- Louis Roy AWMM
- Lewis Roy Gordon Haycock AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 11661 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 19 Mar 1895 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 19 March 1895Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File
- Place of birth
- Hope, Nelson District.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File
- Birth notes
- Son of George S & Mrs Emma - (nee Bryant) - Haycock of Hope, Nelson District.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File
- Address before enlistment
- Hope, Nelson District.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- George S. Haycock (father), Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 11661 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
- Employed by his father - George S. Haycock - on the family farm at Hope, Nelson District.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 01 May 1916-09 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 51 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Louis Haycock was the son of George Stanfield Haycock and Emma C. Haycock, of Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand. Native of Hope, Nelson.
First name is Louis on Nominal Roll; Lewis on CWGC and Archway AWMM - Private Lewis (Roy) Haycock is remembered at his hometown in New Zealand - on the Brightwater War Memorial (1914-1918) - at Brightwater, Nelson District : (Note. His Christian name is inscribed as Roy on the 'Roll of Honour' name tablet).Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Brightwater War Memorial (1914-1918) - at Brightwater, Nelson District.
- On 1 May 1916 Private Haycock embarked from New Zealand for overseas war service - with the 12th Reinforcements NZEF - aboard HMNZ Transport Ship T51 'Ulimaroa'. Five weeks later - on 9 June 1916 he disembarked at Suez, Egypt. On 26 July 1916 he re-embarked from Egypt - for war service at France.
Private Lewis (known as Roy) Haycock served at France & Belgium (1916 & 1917).
On 1 September 1916 Roy joined his Battalion at France. Three weeks later - on 21 September 1916 - he was wounded in action - at France. He was medically evacuated to England. He later re-joined his unit - at France & Belgium.
On 12 October 1917 Private Lewis (Roy) Haycock was reported as missing in action - at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium. A NZEF Court of Enquiry later ruled he was "Killed in action - 12 October 1917". At his death Private Roy Haycock was 22 years of age.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File - Born 1896 Lewis Roy Gordon Haycock, son of Emma Claypole (nee Bryant) Haycock and George Stanfield Haycock and grandson of John and Elizabeth Haycock, early settlers to Nelson in 1842.Public - Mary - Other Relative - 16 July 2015 - Family oral history, https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz , paperspastnz Press 21 May 1926 obituary of George S Haycock
- Louis Haycock was the son of George Stanfield Haycock and Emma C. Haycock, of Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand. Native of Hope, Nelson.
About death
- Death
- 12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Bellevue Spur, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File.
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Private Haycock has no known grave at Belgium.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 27 June 2017 - Military File.
- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Remembered on the Memorials at Brightwater and RichmondPublic - Peter - Researcher - 23 April 2018 - on site
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16793359
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847649/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847649
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/2276
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
30: 9 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
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