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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Harrogate
• Land North Yorkshire, England
• Last residence Leeds
• Family Son of George William Byers and Ann Eliza (nee Thackray), of Harrogate, Yorkshire; a sister, Florence Louisa and two brothers, William Henry and James Francis;
• Education Harrogate Secondary School

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Harrogate, November 1916
• Service number 127350
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 157th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
• Other data related to military career To France 3 May 1917; gassed 10 July, to hospital in France for three weeks;

Death

• Wounded 10 November
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in the legs, thighs and left arm in n°17 CCS;
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - EE - 22

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