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Surname: PYE
Forename(s): Frederick Hugh
Place of Birth: Long Preston, Yorkshire
Service No: 55020
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1921-04-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: LONG PRESTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Frederick Hugh Pye was the son of William Dodgson and Ann Pye, née Peel. William was born at Quernmore, Lancashire and Ann at Clapham, Yorkshire.
1891 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Town Head - Frederick Hugh Pye, aged 3 years, born Long Preston, son of Wm. Dodgson and Ann Pye.
1901 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Town End - Frederick H. Pye, aged 13 years, born Long Preston, son of Wm. D. and Ann Pye.
1911 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Frederick Hugh Pye, aged 23 years, born Long Preston, son of William Dodgson and Ann Pye.
Frederick was married to Martha Swales in 1919. Martha was the sister of Private Tom Swales (13653) (q.v.).
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Frederick Hugh Pye, 55020, West Riding Regiment. Date of Enlistment: 11 December 1915. Date of Discharge: 2 July 1919. [Frederick received the Silver War Badge. Card states that he was ineligible for the British War Medal & Victory Medal.]
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Frederick Hugh Pye, 55020, 9th W. Rid. R.; 2/4th W. Rid. R. (Medals retd.) Ineligible.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Frederick. Name(s) on card(s): Widow, Martha, born 2.3.93. Date of marriage: 1.3.19. Address (1) Town End, Long Preston, Yorks. (2) The Green, Long Preston, Yorks. Name of Children eligible for Allowance: Hugh Pye, born 5.3.19.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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