The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant W W Pye

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Second Lieutenant William Wakeley PYE, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action 14th October 1915, age 23.

Born St Mary, Hoo, Kent, son of *James Herbert & Bertha Jane Pye, of Clonasillagh?, London Road, West Malling, Kent.

* 27th April 1909, Strood Registration District, died age 47.

1911 Census - Jeskins Court, Cobham, near Gravesend, Kent - Bertha Pye, head, age 47, widow, 6 children, all still alive, Private Means, born Woolwich, Kent; William Pye, son, age 18, single, farm assistant, born St Marys, Kent; Elfrida Pye, daughter, age 17, single, born St Marys, Kent; Frances Pye, daughter, age 9, born Shorne, Kent; Thomas Pye, son, age 5, born Cobham, Kent; May Windeatt, Governess, age 26, single, nursery governess, born Shaldon, Devon; Sarah Smith, servant, age 21, single, general servant, domestic, born Orsett, Essex.

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Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France and at Cobham War Memorial, Cobham, Kent.

London Gazette 26th November 1914 - The undermentioned to be temporary Second Lieutenants - William Wakeley Pye.