Sapper
Sylvester Byrne
Military Details
Service Number: 147949
Regiment & Unit / Ship
255th Tunnelling Coy Royal Engineers
Enlisted
15 September 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
15 September 1914
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
110 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Personal Details
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
110 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
110 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
110 Birks Road , Cleator Moor
Parents
late Sylvester & Elizabeth Byrne
Education and Occupation
School
St Patricks
Occupation
Iron ore Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
17th July 1916
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Royal Engineers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
255th Tunnelling Coy
Rank at Death
Sapper
Buried or Commemorated at
BOIS-DE-NOULETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE
Grave Position: I. F. 8.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church WW1 memorial
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