Byers Charles Frederick Captain 36390
Personnel Entry
Name Byers Charles Frederick.
Army number 36390.
Rank Captain
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards for both World Wars.
Date of birth March 1896 at Gosforth.
Age 46 at the time of his death.
Unit Served in the Royal Army Service Corps in World War 1 as M2/101277 - discharged 28/8/1918. Commissioned in the Royal Engineers. Posted to the 23rd Divisional HQ C.R.E. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Posted to 508 Field Park Company. Wounded in France 1940. Repatriated to the UK. Died in the UK 1942.
Company/Battery 508 Field Park Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Company HQ.
Task or role Not yet ascertained but probably Company Commander.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions Major.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded on Casualty List 217 in Northern France. Date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died aged 46 on 12/8/1942. Buried at Northam (St Margaret's) Churchyard, Devon in Section Z, Row A, Grave 10. Headstone Inscription THEY THAT DWELL IN THE LAND OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM HATH THE LIGHT SHINED.
Home address Son of Henry Davenport Byers and Elise Emilie Elizabeth Gabrielle Byers (nee Mullenheim - Reichberg von), of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Gladys May Byers (nee Armstrong), of Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - married in April 1938.
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