Roll of Service 1914-1918

Samuel Third BYIERS

Enlisted:

Peterhead, Scotland, 3/5 Gordon Highlanders - Official Service Number: 3396.

Home:

03.09.1915 - 29.01.1916

Trained:

Lewis Machine Gun

Discharged:

3/5 Gordon Highlanders 3396. Reason: Under Age.

Re-Enlisted:

Lovat Scouts - Official Service Number: 6787.

Transfered:

7th Cameron Highlanders B - Coy - Official Service Number: 31913.

Home:

08.03.1917 - 15.02.1918

France:

16.02.1918 - 27.03.1918

Wounded

(Picture: World War I, British Wounded Stripe.)

 

Type: Shrapnel.

Country: France.

Captured:

Camp: Minden. (The camp was three miles from the town and was surrounded by farms, it consisted of a big square with six blocks of huts. Capacity, 18,000.)

Aberdeen Daily Journal, P.O.W. Samuel Byiers.

Repatriated:

Camp: Minden. (The camp was three miles from the town and was surrounded by farms, it consisted of a big square with six blocks of huts. Capacity, 18,000.)

Germany:

28.03.1918 - 28.11.1918

Home:

29.11.1918 - 24.04.1919

Medals Awarded for Service:

British War Medal, was awarded for service between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. (Cite: G/103 B12 pg.653)

Victory Medal, was awarded for service between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. (Cite: G/103 B12 pg.653)

British War Medal

Victory Medal