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[ Queen's Sudan ];
QSA (2) Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (3653 Pte. W. J. Byles. Rifle Brigade.);
KSA (2) (3653 Pte. W. Byles. Rifle Brigade.);
[ Khedive Sudan (1) Khartoum ]

William John Byles was born in 1877 and was native to Lowestoft, Suffolk, working there as a labourer when he enlisted at Great Yarmouth into the Rifle Brigade on 26 March 1895. He saw service in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion.

Byles was discharged on 25 March 1907