Notes A birth registration was found for William Burditt Lyne: Year of Registration: 1893; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: West Ham; County: Essex, Greater London; Volume: 4a; Page: 27.
In 1901, William B. Lyne, 7 years of age, was shown residing at 39 Toronto Road, South Leyton, London, England. Other family members included: Louisa M. Lyne, 13; Martha Lyne, 35, widow, machinist - blouse shirt maker; and May E. Lyne, 3. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 1612; Folio: 149; Page: 24.)
In 1904, William B. Lyne, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 479 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Sister, May Victoria Lyne, 10, arrived in 1907 on the Dominion with a group of Barnardo children.)
In 1911, William B. Lyne, 18, was shown as a laborer to Conrad F. and Martha A. Slietzinger of Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 1893 and his immigration year as 1894.
On November 9, 1915, at Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, William Budett Lyne, 18, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided in Dehli, Ontario, Canada; that he was born in Leytonstone, England; that his next of kin was his sister, May Victoria Lyne, who resided in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada; that his date of birth was June 2, 1893; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 3 inches in height; fair complexion; blue eyes; light hair. He was a member of the Methodist faith.
William married Lilian Isabel Schenck on Nov 11 1918 in St Colomba, Haggerston, London, he gave his occupation as a Private 4th Canadian Batt, based at 16th Canadian General Hospital, Orpington, his father was Jack Burdett Lyne, Boilermaker
On 10 Feb 1919, Private William Lyne arrived back in Canada on a Military Ship, he gave his residence as Vancouver, he was in a list of medically unfit 'to be discharged in Canada', and that he had a wife as a dependent.
On 20 May 1919, Lilian Isabel Lyne, 22, arrived in Canada, she was going to her husband at Simcoe Hospital