Rank: Major
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion.
Age: 45 years old.
Son of Julia McCoy (formerly Hayes) and the late Admiral Montagu Hayes; husband of Constance Frances Hayes, of 6, Wilbraham Mansions, Wilbraham Place, London S.W. (CWGC)
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HAYES, ERNEST DE LANNOY, Major, 2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd son of Vice-Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C.B., by his wife, Julia, daughter of Richard Atkinson Coward; born Southsea, co. Hants, 8 July, 1869; educated Stubbington, near Fareham; Westward Ho!, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Cameronians, 3 May, 1890, promoted Lieutenant, 5 April, 1893, Captain, 22 Dec. 1897, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902, and Major, 24 June, 1908; served (1) in the South African War, 1899-1902; took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations of 17-24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5-7 Nov. 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; operations on Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900; including action at Laings Nek (6-9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and on the Zululand frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], Brevet Major; Queen's medal with four clasps and King's Medal with two clasps); and (2) with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Nov. 1914 to 10 March, 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, while bravely leading his Company, "A," which was literally mown down by machine gun and rifle fire; our Artillery having failed to cut barbed wire defending the section of German trench. A fellow officer wrote: "His name will go down in the history of the Regiment as the officer who led the attack in the severest fight the Battalion has ever had to take part in." He married at Edinburgh, 1904, Constance Frances, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, of Glenlee, co. Ayr, and had a son, Montagu Ernest, b. 16 Jan. 1905.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion.
Age: 45 years old.
Son of Julia McCoy (formerly Hayes) and the late Admiral Montagu Hayes; husband of Constance Frances Hayes, of 6, Wilbraham Mansions, Wilbraham Place, London S.W. (CWGC)
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HAYES, ERNEST DE LANNOY, Major, 2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd son of Vice-Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C.B., by his wife, Julia, daughter of Richard Atkinson Coward; born Southsea, co. Hants, 8 July, 1869; educated Stubbington, near Fareham; Westward Ho!, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Cameronians, 3 May, 1890, promoted Lieutenant, 5 April, 1893, Captain, 22 Dec. 1897, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902, and Major, 24 June, 1908; served (1) in the South African War, 1899-1902; took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations of 17-24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5-7 Nov. 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; operations on Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900; including action at Laings Nek (6-9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and on the Zululand frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], Brevet Major; Queen's medal with four clasps and King's Medal with two clasps); and (2) with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Nov. 1914 to 10 March, 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, while bravely leading his Company, "A," which was literally mown down by machine gun and rifle fire; our Artillery having failed to cut barbed wire defending the section of German trench. A fellow officer wrote: "His name will go down in the history of the Regiment as the officer who led the attack in the severest fight the Battalion has ever had to take part in." He married at Edinburgh, 1904, Constance Frances, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, of Glenlee, co. Ayr, and had a son, Montagu Ernest, b. 16 Jan. 1905.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Rank: Major
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion.
Age: 45 years old.
Son of Julia McCoy (formerly Hayes) and the late Admiral Montagu Hayes; husband of Constance Frances Hayes, of 6, Wilbraham Mansions, Wilbraham Place, London S.W. (CWGC)
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HAYES, ERNEST DE LANNOY, Major, 2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd son of Vice-Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C.B., by his wife, Julia, daughter of Richard Atkinson Coward; born Southsea, co. Hants, 8 July, 1869; educated Stubbington, near Fareham; Westward Ho!, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Cameronians, 3 May, 1890, promoted Lieutenant, 5 April, 1893, Captain, 22 Dec. 1897, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902, and Major, 24 June, 1908; served (1) in the South African War, 1899-1902; took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations of 17-24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5-7 Nov. 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; operations on Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900; including action at Laings Nek (6-9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and on the Zululand frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], Brevet Major; Queen's medal with four clasps and King's Medal with two clasps); and (2) with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Nov. 1914 to 10 March, 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, while bravely leading his Company, "A," which was literally mown down by machine gun and rifle fire; our Artillery having failed to cut barbed wire defending the section of German trench. A fellow officer wrote: "His name will go down in the history of the Regiment as the officer who led the attack in the severest fight the Battalion has ever had to take part in." He married at Edinburgh, 1904, Constance Frances, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, of Glenlee, co. Ayr, and had a son, Montagu Ernest, b. 16 Jan. 1905.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion.
Age: 45 years old.
Son of Julia McCoy (formerly Hayes) and the late Admiral Montagu Hayes; husband of Constance Frances Hayes, of 6, Wilbraham Mansions, Wilbraham Place, London S.W. (CWGC)
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HAYES, ERNEST DE LANNOY, Major, 2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd son of Vice-Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C.B., by his wife, Julia, daughter of Richard Atkinson Coward; born Southsea, co. Hants, 8 July, 1869; educated Stubbington, near Fareham; Westward Ho!, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Cameronians, 3 May, 1890, promoted Lieutenant, 5 April, 1893, Captain, 22 Dec. 1897, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902, and Major, 24 June, 1908; served (1) in the South African War, 1899-1902; took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations of 17-24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5-7 Nov. 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; operations on Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900; including action at Laings Nek (6-9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and on the Zululand frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], Brevet Major; Queen's medal with four clasps and King's Medal with two clasps); and (2) with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Nov. 1914 to 10 March, 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, while bravely leading his Company, "A," which was literally mown down by machine gun and rifle fire; our Artillery having failed to cut barbed wire defending the section of German trench. A fellow officer wrote: "His name will go down in the history of the Regiment as the officer who led the attack in the severest fight the Battalion has ever had to take part in." He married at Edinburgh, 1904, Constance Frances, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, of Glenlee, co. Ayr, and had a son, Montagu Ernest, b. 16 Jan. 1905.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
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