BORN HULL 1883. HULL PAL. SON OF ZARCHARIA GEORGE TOWNEND (1844-1931) & MARY JANE PYBUS (1844-1930), OF 365, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD ONE ELDER SISTER, ETHEL MAUDE, WHO WAS A MEDICAL PRACTIONER. HE ASSISTED HIS FATHER IN THE LOCAL DRAPERY WAREHOUSE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EYR (HULL COMMERCIALS) IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/10/1917, AGED 34. HE IS BURIED AT CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, LANGEMARK, BELGIUM.
HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND £148 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER AT 365, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE WW1 MEMORIAL PLAQUE, PARK STREET, HULL.
First name:
CYRIL PYBUS
Regiment:
Military Number:
10/1068
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/10/1917
Place died:
CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, LANGEMARK, BELGIUM
Age:
34
365, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
