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Wyatt Esdaile Frederick Burkett Capt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21420

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SKR/DAT/IP/21420
Title
Wyatt Esdaile Frederick Burkett Capt
Date
2000-2024
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Surname: Wyatt;

Forename(s): Esdaile Frederick Burkett;

Initials: EFB;

Rank: Capt;

Born in: Forest Gate, London;

Previous Battalion: 2 of;

Previous Regiment: R Lanc Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 75 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 08-Jan-1916;

Awarded: MID;

Other Data: enlisted 1/9/1914 as 15077 Liverpool Regt (City Bn) at Liverpool. Gazetted 2 Lt 3 S Lancs Regt 22/10/1914. Aged 33.
Born Forest Gate, London - a Merchant. Prev service Karachi Vols (2 yrs) and Scinde Vol Mtd Rifles (1 yr)
NOK: Robert Esdaile Wyatt (father)c/o Martin & Christopherson, 9 Tokenhouse Yard, London EC
Married 16/12/1915 Paignton Parish Church to Lilian Muriel Ward (spinster)(born 28/2/1881). Award gratuity of £250 and £100 pa pension. Living Stanton, Paignton, Devon. Probate: EFB Wyatt of 36 Elm Bank Mansion, Barnes, died at Dickebusch, France, 8/1/1916, Gross Value £400/16/3d;

Other Notes: E F B WYATT Captain 2nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment who died on Saturday 8 January 1916 . Age 34 . Son of Mrs. Wyatt, of 36, Elmbank Mansions, The Terrace, Barnes, London; husband of Lilian Muriel Wyatt, of Stanton, Paignton, Devon. Mentioned in Despatches Cemetery: DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERYIeper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave or Reference Panel Number: G. 14.
MID: LG 15/6/1916 (to date from 30/4/1916) Bde MG Officer (S Lancs Regt & MGC);

Related National Archives files: WO339/29724;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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