No.34972, Private, Walter BYE
Aged 20
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Walter Bye was born in 1897 in Saxon Street, Cambridgeshire, (Newmarket Q4-1897 3B:495), the son of James and Alice BYE (née CLAYDON).
1901 census...Aged 5, he was at Victoria Row, Ashley cum Silverley with his father James BYE [51] brickmaker, born Woodditton; his mother Alice [37] born Stetchworth; brothers Arthur [19] bricklayer's labourer, born Newmarket, Charles [13] telegraph messenger, born Kirtling and Walter [3] born Saxon Street; sisters Daisy [11] born Kirtling, Alice [8] born Saxon Street and twins Dorothy and Doris [1] born Ashley. 1911 census...Aged 15, farm labourer, he was at Front Street, Ousden with his parents (father now a labourer); brothers Charles and Walter (farm labourers) and Richard James [6] born Ousden; sisters Dorothy and Doris. His elder brother John was killed near Bullecourt, France in May 1917 . see here |
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He enlisted in Bury St. Edmunds. Wimereux is a small town just north of Boulgone and was the base for several hospitals. Due to the instability of the ground, the headstone are all flat on the ground, with usually 2 0r 3 names on each. Without Walter's Army records it is impossible to say where or when he was wounded especially as he was at a base hospital.
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