527 of 876 201892 Pte Robert Mayes 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment Died 7th March 1918 age 37

Son of the late James Mayes and Ellen Mayes of Harkstead Lane, Woolvestone, Near Ipswich

Robert had one sister Dorothy and in 1911 he was working as a Farm Labourer

He served with the Suffolk Regiment before joining the Cambridgeshire’s

Robert left effects of £14 10s 6d to his mother Ellen

Pte Mayes was awarded the British and Victory Medals

Pte Robert Mayes is remembered with honour at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand

Keith Wainwright