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Dvr. Frank Mayhew
British Army 77th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Worlingworth, Suffolk
Frank Mayhew was 23 years old when he enlisted at Framingham in Suffolk on 26th of January 1915. His papers include a reference from his employer, A S Aldred of Axtead Mill, stating he was capable of driving horses and steam. He was transferred to the 77th Field Company, Royal Engineers and attached to the 17th (Northern) Division. On 23rd of February he was confined to barracks for 2 days by 2nd Lt Moncrieff for being unshaven on parade.
On 14th of July 1915 the Company travelled from Southampton to Le Havre aboard two ships, the SS Chyebassa and SS Viper. They billeted at Chateau la Garenne near Ebblingham and Reninghelst on their way to the front line. They took over the trenches between St Eloi and Triangular Wood near Ypres on 12th of August 1915. His Company remained at or near the front until the end of the war. They were in Ypres, Armentieres, The Somme, Arras, Passchendaele, Cambrai, the German Spring Offensive, Amiens and the last 100 days. They were in the Mormal Forest near Maubeuge when the War ended, Frank does not appear to have been wounded and after sailing back to Southampton on 23rd May 1919 on the ships SS Caesarea and SS Iona, he was demobbed on 3rd July 1919. He returned to Worlinworth and died in 1951
