and Commander of the 6th Siege Battery, provide a unique insight into the early days of World War I including one of the first 9.2-inch howitzers to arrive in Flanders and the Headquarters of the 14th Division at Pont de Nieppe during the visit of King George V and the Prince of Wales on 2 December 1914.

[1] He entered the army in 1891 with a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery,[5] becoming Captain in 1899, an instructor in Gunnery (1905–09), Adjutant (1909–11) and Lieutenant-Colonel (1917).

He served in the Native Mountain Artillery, NW Frontier, India (1897–1903) and between 1911 and 1914 Haymes was second in command of the Malay States Guides.

After the Battle of Neuve Chapelle Haymes was by mentioned in despatches by Sir Arthur Holland KCB KCMG DSO MVO (then Brigadier General 8th Division) and in June 1915 he was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.

[7] His photographs include one of the first 9.2-inch howitzers (Mother) to arrive in Flanders; the Headquarters of the 14th Division, Pont de Nieppe during the visit of King George VI and Edward VIII on 2 December 1914; the Headquarters of the 1st Cavalry Brigade under General Sir Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle KCB KCMG DSO in November 1914; and the 6th Siege Battery in action registering its guns for the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915.