The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Pye

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Private William Henry PYE, G/475, 1st  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 22nd July 1916.

Born Penge, Kent, son of Henry & Florence Ada Pye.

1911 Census- 17 Weighton Road, Penge, Kent - Henry Pye, head, age 39, married, nurseryman, worker, born Penge; Florence Ada Pye, wife, age 37, married 16 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Penge; William Henry Pye. son, age 15, single, bakers assistant, born Beckenham; Ethel Lucy Pye, daughter, age 12, schollar, born Anerley; Coranatia Florence Mabel Pye, daughter, age 9, schoolar, born Penge; Freddie Samuel Pye, son, age 3, born Penge.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.

1st June 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France / Penge War Memorial.