236936 Pte. Cecil Frederick Kybird British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment When I asked my grandfather, Cecil Kybird, about the war as a boy, he just said there was a lot of mud! Recently I received information from the Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum about my grandfather.
"From references in our records we hold in the collection I am pleased to say that we can provide the following information. From a Casualty Book which lists wounds and sickness: Pte C F Kybird, 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment was
treated for Seborrhoea 27.4.1917 at Boulogne.
Effects of Gas 15.5.1918. admitted to Field Ambulance
then treated for Gas and Shell wound at No. 2 Canadian Hospital, Rouen 21.10.1918. From the 9th Battalion war diary he is listed as wounded, Gas at Ypres Canal Iron Bridge May 1918 and Wounded in Action in October 1918."
Ypres Iron Bridge was a bridge over the Ypres - Comines Canal. It was 2 km south of the Ypres Lille Gate, very close to the road running south of Ypres to St.Eloi, the canal was never used due to problems with making the ground stable.
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