BORN HULL 1896. 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 HOIST DRIVER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917 AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
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.
