Stretford WW2 

Kenneth Hayes

Rank:CivilianNumber:162
Name of Rgt or Ship:Civilian
Died:23/12/1940Age:15
How Died:Killed in Air Raid
Country of burial:U.K.Grave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Stretford Cemetery Communal Grave
Town Memorial:Stretford Book
Extra Information:
Born during the September quarter 1926 in the Barton on Irwell R.D. - ref:
8c/57, the son of Thomas Reginald & Mabel Hayes (nee Rae).

1939 National Registration - 34 Stanley Road, Stretford.   Mabel Hayes -
Widowed - Born: 8th May 1895 - occ: Unpaid Domestic Duties.  There are two
redacted records at this address - presumably her children - Margaret M.
Hayes (b.1920) and Kenneth Hayes (b.1926).   Both Margaret & Kenneth were
killed in this incident.

CWD Report No.95.    Died at 38 Stanley Road from where his body was
recovered at 17.30 hrs on the 24th December 1940 and taken to the Church
Street Mortuary, Stretford.    Unidentified, but believed to be the body of
Kenneth Hayes, it was released for burial to the Council's contracted
undertaker - R. Pepperdine, 31 Ayres Road, Old Trafford.

Killed when a land mine landed on Stanley Road, Old Trafford.   This was
the worst single incident in terms of loss of life in the whole of Greater
Manchester during WW2.   In total, thirty three persons were killed.

Buried in the Communal Civilian Grave.   Buried 27/12/1940 - Burial No.
17,858. 

His father died in 1928, aged: 37.

His mother - Mabel Hayes and his sister Margaret Mary Hayes were also both
killed in this incident.

CWGC - Son of Mabel, and of the late T. Hayes. Died at 34 Stanley Road, Old
Trafford.

Memorials found on:
Civilian Grave Memorial
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