WW1 Casualty: Corporal 18714 Henry Byron - Corporal 18714 Henry Byron
| Unit/Regiment |
10th Bn., King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
| Date of Death |
01/07/1916 |
Age at Death |
36 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Thiepval Memorial
Pier & Face 11C and 12A |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Prescot, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
Doncaster |
| How Died |
Killed in Action |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Research Ref. No. |
P035 |
Service DetailsHenry was born 1880 in Prescot, the second son of Henry and Elizabeth Byron. He was baptised at St Mary’s Church on January 25th 1880. The 1881 census listed the family at No 7 Beaconsfield, Prescot. His brother Joseph was also born in Prescot 3 years later, but shortly afterwards the family moved to Droylsden in Lancashire where children James, Sarah and Arthur were born. They then moved to Goldenhill in Staffordshire, which is the address recorded in the 1901 census. The eldest son, Thomas (26) was a soldier on leave at this time. Henry’s mother, Elizabeth, was a native of Goldenhill.
By 1911, Henry had left the family home and was living as a Boarder in Queen Street, Goldenhill, while working as a Collier. He was unmarried.
Henry appears to have joined the army around January of 1915. After training, he went to France with his unit on 11th September 1915.
The 10th Battalion of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, part of 64th Brigade, 21st Division, were in action at Fricourt on 1st July 1916.
They attacked at zero hour with the 9th Battalion on their right. They took and held the enemy front trenches but when they withdrew on 2nd July, they had suffered 502 casualties, killed, wounded and missing.
Henry Byron was one of those killed. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of The Somme
The Register of Soldiers Effects listed his father Henry, as his sole legatee, confirming that Harry had not married.
Henry Byron's inscription on the Thiepval Memorial.
This picture was taken on Monday 21st February 2011
He was reported as Missing in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph (and other Yorkshire papers) on 24th August 1916. Interestingly, these all recorded him as living in Brodsworth, near Doncaster. This must have been the address which he gave on joining the army, although it is not known how long he lived there.
Henry’s service entitled him to the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is not commemorated on any of the memorials in Prescot.
Henry’s younger brother, Arthur, was also killed in action on 25th August 1917
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