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Private Ernest RYE, G/30979, 1st  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, Service No.41485 / The Buffs, Service No.3672), killed in action, Flanders France, 25th July 1918, age 30.

Born Folkestone, Kent, son of Henry & Caroline Rebecca Rye, of Encliffe Farm, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent.

8th February 1888, Folkestone, Kent, baptism of Ernest Rye, son of Henry & Caroline  Rye.

1892 December, Elham Registration District, Caroline Rebecca Rye, died age 30.

1893 December, Elham Registration District,  Henry Rye, married Phoebe Ann Waters.

1911 Census - Encliffe Farm, Cliif End, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent - Henry Rye, head, age 50, married, farmer, own account, at home, born Folkestone, Kent; Phoebe Rye, wife, age 44, married 17 years, *5 children, all still alive, born Cheriton, Kent; Henry Rye, son, age 27, single, cowman, worker, born Folkestone, Kent; Ernest Rye, son, age 23, single, poulterer, poulterer, worker, born Folkestone, Kent; Elizabeth Rye, daughter, age 20, single, at home, born Folkestone, Kent; *Stephen Rye, son, age 16, single, farmers son working on farm, worker, at home, born Folkestone, Kent; *Edward Rye, son, age 14, farmers son working on farm, worker, at home, born Folkestone, Kent; *John Rye, son, age 12, born Folkestone, Kent; *Ellen Rye, daughter, age 9, school, born Hawkinge, Kent; *Annie Rye, daughter, age 5, born Hawkinge, Kent.

Enlisted Folkestone, Kent.

Buried at Aval Wood Military Cemetery, II. AA. 3., Vieux-Berquin, France.