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Lance Corporal

Enoch Bywater

Service Number B/200052
Military Unit 10th Bn The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 07 Mar 1918 (26 Years Old)
Place of Birth Beeston Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies He was a threader.
Family History

He was the son of Edward William and Elizabeth Bywater and the brother of Edward William, John (killed in action 1/7/1916), Clara, Sarah Ellen, Harold, Cyril, May, Lois and Emily Bywater. In 1911 they lived at 84 Lower Regent Street Beeston Nottingham. Edward William and Elizabeth later lived at 18 Dagmar Grove Beeston Nottingham.

Military History

Enoch Bywater was reported missing at Cambrai on 30th November 1917, later presumed to have been killed in action that day. His name is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France

Extra Information

In memoriam 30th November 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post: “BYWATER. – In ever-loving memory of my dear husband, Lce.-Cpl. Enoch Bywater, aged 27, reported missing November 30th, 1917, since reported died in Germany. With aching heart, I shook his hand, tears glistened in my eyes, I wished him luck, but little though, it was his last good-bye. – From sorrowing wife and children.” Notive courtesy of Jim Grudy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918

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