Hayman Hayman-Joyce
{{Short description|British Army general (1897–1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Hayman Hayman-Joyce
|birth_date=2 May 1897{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/maj-gen-hayman-john-hayman-joyce-24-m3d040|title=(Maj-Gen) Hayman John Hayman-Joyce 1897-1958 - Ancestry®|website=www.ancestry.co.uk}}
|death_date=7 July 1958 (aged 61)
|birth_place=Udimore, East Sussex, England
|death_place=Minehead, Somerset, England
|place_of_burial=Church of St Mary Magdelene, Exford, Somerset, England{{Cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/supporting-record/Hayman-John-Hayman---Joyce/99638212|title=Hayman John Hayman - Joyce | Died: 7 Jul 1958 ||website=BillionGraves}}
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|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}}
|serviceyears=1915–1947
|servicenumber=1399
|rank=Major-General
|commands=5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
6th Infantry Brigade
48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
|unit=Border Regiment
|battles=World War I
World War II
|awards=Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
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Major-General Hayman John Hayman-Joyce CBE DSO (2 May 1897 – 7 July 1958) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 4th Infantry Division during World War II.
Military career
Hayman-Joyce served as a lieutenant in the Border Regiment during the First World War.{{London Gazette|issue=32526|supp=y|page=9429|date=22 November 1921}}
After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1933 to 1934, he was given command of 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) in France in 1940.{{Cite web|url=https://generals.dk/general/Hayman-Joyce/Hayman_John/Great_Britain.html|title=Biography of Major-General Hayman John Hayman-Joyce (1897 – 1958), Great Britain|website=generals.dk}} He was appointed Commander of 6th Brigade later that year, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 48th (South Midland) Division in December 1941, and GOC of the 4th Infantry Division in August 1943. The 4th Division saw service in North Africa and took part in the allied invasion of Italy under his command. His last appointment was as GOC British Troops in Egypt in 1944, before he retired in 1947.
He married Maydie Swann; they had two daughters and a son.{{Cite web |url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/i/r/Michael-J-Kirby/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0425.html |title=Family tree maker |access-date=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008225202/http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/i/r/Michael-J-Kirby/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0425.html |archive-date=8 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}
External links
- [https://www.generals.dk/general/Hayman-Joyce/Hayman_John/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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{{s-bef|before=Arthur Grasett}}
{{s-ttl|title=GOC 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division|years=1941−1943}}
{{s-aft|after=Horatio Berney-Ficklin}}
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{{s-bef|before=John Hawkesworth}}
{{s-ttl|title=GOC 4th Infantry Division|years=1943−1944}}
{{s-aft|after=Dudley Ward}}
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Category:People from East Sussex
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Category:British Army generals of World War II
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Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst