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231142Pte. M. Byrne
British Army 1st Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Athy Co. Kildare
(d.21st November 1918)
Private M. Byrne was transferred to the Labour Corps #568645.
He was 27 years old when he died and he is buried in near the North-West corner of the Athy (St. Michael's) Cemetery, Co. Kildare
1205917Pte. Michael Byrne
Australian Imperial Force 29th Btn.
from:Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
(d.2nd March 1917)
Michael Byrne was killed March 2nd 1917, in an attack by the 29th Battalion to take Sunray Trench from the 8th Bavarian Regiment. He is buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery, France. Michael was born in Harbour Grace Newfoundland in 1893. He was the son of John William and Elizabeth Byrne of Harbour Grace, and one of five siblings. Although listed by the CWGC as an Australian casualty, Michael was actually a Newfoundlander and the casualty statistics above have been altered to show this.
221024Pte. Michael Byrne
British Army 8th Btn. B Coy. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.10th Feb 1917)
Michael Byrne was 19 years old at the time of his death and is interred at the La Laiterie Military Cemetery.
239645Pte. Peter Byrne
British Army 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Drogheda
(d.4th June 1916)
254497Pte. Peter Byrne
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Blackrock, Dublin
(d.3rd May 1916)
248747Sgt. Richard Byrne
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dublin
220356Pte. Thomas Byrne
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
229097Pte. William Henry Rose Byron
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.5th April 1918)
245998Pte. Richard Bytheway
British Army 5th Battalion Connaught Rangers
from:Crich, Derbyshire
(d.22nd August 1915)
Richard Bytheway was born in Crich, but somehow ended up in the Connaught Rangers, an Irish Regiment. He landed at Gallipoli on the 21st of July 1915, and exactly one month later died in the stupid attack on Hill 60. His date of death is put as 21st/22nd of August 1915 as they're not sure.
213195Pte. John William Arthur Bywater
British Army 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Wolverhamption
(d.27th Oct 1914)
6744 Private John Bywater was the youngest of the 4 children and only son of William and Mary Bywater (Nee Benton). He disembarked in France on 12th August 1914 and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres on 27th October 1914
263032Pte. Leslie Walford Bywater
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Warwickshire
(d.26th Aug 1918)
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