Name
Frederick (Fred) John Bysouth
1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/06/1917
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
86717
Royal Garrison Artillery
252nd Siege Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Enclosure No.4 II. C. 21.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
AT JESUS FEET HOW SAFE YOUR REST
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Reed, Not on the Royston memorials
Pre War
Frederick John Bysouth (known as Fred) was born in 1889 in Noel Cottages, Reed, Royston, Herts, the son of Daniel and Georgina Bysouth (nee Hale) and was baptised on 11 August 1889 at St Mary's Church in Reed. He was one of four children but one had died in infancy.
On the 1891 Census the family were living in the High Street at Reed where his father was working as a horsekeeper. They had moved to The Knoll in Reed by 1901 when his father was a horsekeeper on a farm. In 1911 the family were living at Knoll Cottages in Reed and 21 year old Frederick was a farm labourer.
His parents later lived at Mill Road, Royston, Herts and Melbourn Hill, Royston Living there in 1901 and 1911 as a farm labourer and horse keeper.
His parents later lived at 41 Mill Road, Royston, Herts and Melbourne Hill, Royston.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 25 May 1916 and joined the Royal Garrison Artillery, serving with the 252nd Siege Battery, and embarked from Southampton on 3 February 1917, arriving in Le Havre the following day.
He was killed in action on 11 June 1917, aged 27, and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 10s and pay owing of £3 17s 7d.
Pension cards exist in respect of William and his brother Frederick with their mother as dependant but the amount of pension awarded is unclear.
Brother to William Thomas Bysouth who served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and was killed in action on 8 December 1915. He is also listed on the Reed memorial.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Malcolm Lennox
