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Surname: PATEY
Forename(s): Edward
Place of Birth: Bickley, Kent
Service No: ---
Rank: A/Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
Battalion / Unit: 3rd Battalion
Division: 24th Division
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1917-08-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 46 - 48 and 50.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edward Patey was the son of Charles Henry Bennett and Helen Patey, née Overbury. Charles was born at Lawhitton, Cornwall and Helen at St. Pancras, Middlesex.
1891 Norwich, Norfolk Census: The Elms - Edward Patey, aged 9 years, born Bickley, Kent, son of Helen Patey, widow.
1901 Torquay, Devon Census: Cromartie - Edward Patey, aged 19 years, born Bromley, Kent. [Edward was living with his brother, Ernest.]
1911 Norwich, Norfolk Census: 123, Rosary Road - Edward Patey, aged 29, schoolmaster, born Bickley, Kent. [Edward was boarding with Mary Ann Riches.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Edward Patey, 1904, 18th Royal Fusiliers & Capt Rifle Brigade. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 14 November 1915. Commissioned: 5th Rifle Brigade, 6 July 1916. Correspondence: (brother) W. Patey Esq Dagenham House, Newton Abbot, S. Devon.
Edward is commemorated on the Hereford Cathedral School War Memorial.
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: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 24th Division
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17 August 1917
BEN RHYDDING CAPTAIN KILLED
Captain Edward Patey, Rifle Brigade, who before the war was a master at Clevedon House School, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, was killed in action on July 31. The fourth son of the late C.H.B. Patey, C.B., of Bickley, Kent, he was 36 years of age. On September, 19th, he enlisted in the University and Public Schools Brigade, and served with it in France. He obtained a commission in July 1916, and was promoted Captain last February.
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