Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte | II. J. 31. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.118 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 23C/42D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Alfred John and Frances Jane Helmsley Bye of Bethnal House Cambridge Rd. Bethnal Green London.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2nd Battalion The Royal Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Calcutta in India. Returned to England in December 1914. Joined 86th Brigade, 29th Division. Sailed in March 1915 and landed Gallipoli 25 April 1915. Evacuated to Egypt January 1916. Landed at Marseilles March 1916. |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
His death was reported in the Ealing Gazette, West Middlesex Observer and the Middlesex County Times on the 13th January 1917: "BYE. 0 On Jan 2nd, in France, Lce.-cpl Alfred John Bye, Works Battalion, died of pneumonia in hospital; aged 33 years. "Until the day break and the shadows flee away.""
On the same date, in the Middlesex County Times his portrait image is published and more detail is reported to his background, legend and fate: " Miss E.M. Dickens has received a letter from Nurse Stewart, of 34 Casualty Clearing Station, that Lce.-cpl. A.J. Bye, of 12, Dudley-gardend, Ealing, entered that station suffering with pneumonia on the 2nd inst., and died the same day. Lce.-cpl Bye joined the Royal Fusiliers in June of last year, trained at Dover, was sent to France on Sept. 15, and went with the section to the front line trenches. He took part in the recent advance, and in December was made lance-corporal and given change of a section in the works immediately behind the lines. For 15 years he had charge of the whole of the books and the indoor part of the business of Mr. Walter J. Dickens, builder and contractor of Ealing, which he carried out in a thoroughly satisfactory and conscientious manner, and he will be greatly missed by all with whom he came into contact."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Brownrigg Lodge of Unity No. 1424 E.C. | East Kent |
| Joined : | Victoria No. 2671 E.C. | Berkshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
7th July 1909 | 4th August 1909 | 1st September 1909 |
Joined Victoria Lodge No. 2671 at Windsor on the 18th March 1916. Although it doesn't reference mother lodge it show him as a Clerk resident at West Ealing and shows in the register at the end, "Died on Active Service 4th January 1917."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley