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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 411

Royal Devon and Royal North Devon Yeomanry

Three: Private J. Hayman, 16th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (Royal Devon and Royal North Devon Yeomanry), who was killed in action in Palestine on 3 December 1917

1914-15 Star (2329 Pte. J. Hayman, R.N. Devon Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2329 Pte. J. Hayman, R.N. Devon Yeo.), good very fine (3)

Josiah Hayman first saw action as a Private in the 1/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry in Gallipoli, arriving in that theatre of operations on 23 September 1915. Having transferred to the 16th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and as part of 229 Brigade, the Battalion was in reserve at the Third Battle of Gaza; against the heavily defended trenches near Tell esh Sheria, their Commanding Officer was killed.

Hayman was killed in action in Palestine on 3 December 1917 during the advance of Jerusalem. Aged 20, and the son of Richard and Bessie Hayman of Holsworthy, Devon, he is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery.


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