BORN HULL 1894. 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 FLOUR BAG SHAKER.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE NELSON BATTALION, ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION. KILLED IN ACTION ON, 28/12/1917, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE DANSOM LANE MEMORIAL, HULL.
HIS BROTHERS, CHARLES AND LACEY MAYES WERE ALSO LOST IN THE WAR. IN ALL THEY WERE,
PRIVATE, LACEY MAYES, 241060, 1/5TH NFUS, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 21. BURIED BELGIUM.
PRIVATE, JAMES MAYES, 4013, ROYAL NAVAL 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.
