Biography:
1. W. C. Byres was appointed Clerk in the Engineers' Department on the 24th May 1837, and,
following the death of Thomas Littler in July 1839, with the promotion of David Wilkie to First Clerk, was appointed Second Clerk on the 19th August 1839. His salary was £80 per annum, with a house provided. He had just over 2 years' service, and was a 24-year-old batchelor (WO56/623 dated 1st October, 1839).
2. Byres' name does not appear in the 1841 Census for Waltham Abbey.
