John William Hayter

Story:
John William Hayter was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 25 Mar 1888 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 26 Apr 1888 the only son of John Richard Hayter, a Coal Porter, and Anne Elizabeth Hayter (nee Stacey).  He lived all his early life in Shaftesbury, apart from Military Service, in Salisbury Street.   He had enlisted on 1 Mar 1916 and joined the Princess Charlotte of Wales' (Royal Berkshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 5572).  He was posted to France and Flanders on 5 Jul 1916 where he received gunshot wounds on 2 Sep 1916.  He was repatriated to the UK for treatment at the Princess Christian Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset. On recovery he was transferred to the Labour Corps on 21 Jul 1917 (Service No. 346776).  He was later further transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic on 8 Nov 1917 (Service No. 106996).  (Later becoming the Royal Air Force from 1 Apr 1918.)  He was finally discharged on 2 Jul 1919 and awarded a pension as well as the Victory and British War Medals.  During his time in the services he had married Ada Florence Stacey at Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, on 20 May 1917 (His home address being given as 3 Bell Street, Shaftesbury.)  The 1921 Census shows him living at 40 Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, working as a Carpenter and Joiner. It is noted he joined the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers during 1923. By the time of the 1939 Register he was still living at 40 Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, described as a Carpenter.  His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry during 1966.