James Henry HAYTER b. Abt 1842 Wilton (near Salisbury), Wiltshire, England d. 12 Dec 1897 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Our Family History

Abt 1842 - 1897 (55 years)

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Name	James Henry HAYTER
Birth	Abt 1842	Wilton (near Salisbury), Wiltshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
_MILT	Between 1860 and 1881 [1]
_MILT	Military Train [later re-named: Army Service Corps]
Death	12 Dec 1897	Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [2, 3]
Burial	15 Dec 1897	Slad, Gloucestershire, England [4]
Person ID	I886	Furmedge
Last Modified	7 Jul 2025

Family	Dorothy Jane FURMIDGE, b. Abt 1837, Colyton, Devon, England d. Jan 1917, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England (Age 80 years)
Marriage	4 Mar 1867	Woolwich, Kent, England [1, 5, 6]
Family ID	F396	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	7 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1842 - Wilton (near Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
	Marriage - 4 Mar 1867 - Woolwich, Kent, England
	Death - 12 Dec 1897 - Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
	Burial - 15 Dec 1897 - Slad, Gloucestershire, England

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Notes

James Henry Hayter served in the British Army Military Train (which was later re-named the Army Service Corps) enlisting on 08 October 1860 and serving until 26 September 1881. He served in South Africa between June 1879 and May 1880 and was a sergeant at the time on completion of service.

He died following an accident at work in which he was thrown from his mail-cart when the horse stumbled. He was taken to hospital and found to have acute peritonitis from which he died the following day.

[S115] British Army Service Records, James Hayter: War Office, Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records, WO97, Box: 2150, No.: 98; digital images accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.
[S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, James Henry Hayter: Registered: Oct-Dec 1897, District: Stroud, Gloucestershire, Vol: 6A, Page: 201.
[S334] Gloucestershire Echo, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (online archive), “Local Inquests: Fatalities to Army Pensioners at Stroud”, 14 December 1897, Page: 3.
[S331] Holy Trinity (Slad, Painswick, Gloucestershire), Parish Register, James Henry Hayter, Burial Register Entry, 1897, P295/1 in 1/5, Page: 65; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Gloucestershire Archives.
[S332] St Thomas (Woolwich, Kent), Parish Register, Dorothy Jane Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1867, P97/TMS/005, Page: 217; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk’ original data: London Metropolitan Archives.
[S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Dorothy Jane Furmidge: Registered: Jan-Mar 1867, District: Lewisham, London, Vol: 1D, Page: 933.