Selected Biography

Hayes, Frank Leslie – Born: Aldham, Essex on 5.5.1890.[1] Parents: Alfred Hayes (Police Constable) and Ellen [née Banks].  Home: Dovercourt, Essex (1901), Wherstead Park, Ipswich, Suffolk (1911), Post Office, Bulmer Street, Sudbury, Suffolk [1918], Hall Street, Long Melford (1939).  Occupation: Footman (1911), Fitter’s Labourer [1918], Van Driver for a Fish and Fruit Merchant (1939).  Married: Bella Newport in 1924.  Service Record: Frank was conscripted on 2.1.1918 as Aircraft Mechanic N^o. 116379 with the Royal Flying Corps, transferring to the Royal Air Force on 1.4.1918.  He was posted to N^o. 141 Squadron stationed at Biggin Hill from 11.8.1918 to 20.2.1919, being discharged in April 1920.[2] In 1939 he is recorded as a member of the Air Raid Precautions Squad in Long Melford.  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1951.

Notes – [1] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Long Melford.  [2] Air Member for Personnel and predecessors: Airman’s Records [AIR 79/1042].