BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM MAYES (1857-1903) & FRANCES MAY SMITH (1858-1916), OF, 11, NEWTON COURT, ALBRO STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 16, LOCKWOOD TERRACE, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A BOXWOOD SAWYER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/04/1918, AGED 28. HUIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WENLOCK BARRACKS ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
HE WAS ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. THEY WERE:-
PRIVATE, LACEY MAYES, 241060, 1/5TH NFUS, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 21. BURIED BELGIUM.
JAMES MAYES, 4013, ROYAL VAL DIVISION, NELSON BN, KILLED ON 28/12/1917, AGED 24, COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
PRIVATE, CHARLES WILLIAM MAYES, 121110, RAMC, KILLED ON, 29/04/1918, AGED 27. BURIED FRANCE.
