Private Charles Henry Bayes

Army Number : 50600

Battalion : 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Beckingham, Nottinghamshire and lived at Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire. Son of Henry and Mary Ann Bayes, of Brickyard Houses, Owston Ferry. He was a farm labourer prior to enlisting at Lincoln. He was killed in action, 16th January 1917, whilst the battalion was moving into the front line at Rudkin House, Belgium.

Buried Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium. Plot 7. Row E. Grave 18.

Private Charles Henry Bayes is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Owston Ferry War Memorial, Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire.