The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Byram

Photograph by "Jofen"

Private Harry BYRAM, G/16533, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th November 1916.

Born Upper Mill, Yorkshire, son of James & Mary Miranda Byram.

1911 Census - "Frenshes"?, Greenfield, near Oldham - James Byram, head, age 58, married, retired woollen puller, born Diggle, Yorkshire; Mary Miranda Byram, wife, age 54, married 34 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Uppermill, Yorkshire; Thomas Richard Byram, son, age 32, single, mill office clerk, woollen manufacturer, born Greenfield, Yorkshire; Ethel Byram, daughter, age 22, single, cotton speed frame tenter, cotton manufacturer, born Greenfield, Yorkshire; Harry Byram, son, age 17, single, cotton piercer, cotton manufacturer, born Uppermill, Yorkshire; Alice Byram, daughter, age 13, end finder in rope works, rope manufacturer, born Saddleworth, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire, age 21 years & 10 months, height 5ft 3½, weight 110lbs. Resided "Frenshes"?, Greenfield, near Oldham, Lancashire. Formerly weaver.

Home 14th June 1915 to 13th November 1915; BEF 14th November 1915 to 18th November 1916.

14th June 1915, enlisted into 19th Service Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No. P8/7900; 14th November 1915, posted BEF; ; 29th May 1916, 33 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 18th June 1916, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 1st July 1916, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th September 1916, wounded at Duty.

2nd February 1920, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Mary Miranda Byram, "Frenshes"?, Greenfield, near Oldham, Lancashire; Brothers - Stanley, age 42, Buckley? Buildings, Micklehurst, Moseley; Frank Byram, age 33, 23 Royds Terrace, Messden?; Sisters - Minerva Redman, age 38?, Bowsham?, Lancaster; Alberta Hill age 30?, ???? Canada?; Ethel Wood, age 31?, "Frenshes"?, Greenfield; Alice Byram, age 21?, "Frenshes"?, Greenfield.

Buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, VI.E.19., Grandcourt, Somme, France.

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