BORN COTTINGHAM 1891. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM PYBUS (1865-1946) & MARY ELIZABETH PYBUS (1861-1949), OF 173 FINKLE STREET , COTTINGHAM. SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. ELDEST OF FIVE SONS. WORKED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT IN A GROCERS.
HIS WIFE LOTTIE SLIGHT, LIVED AT 128, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL,. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/08/917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED AT THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL AT YPRES. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY.
HIS BROTHER , PRIVATE FRED PYBUS, 7TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 23. BOTH BROTHERS, ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL PLAQUE.
| Name | Ernest Pybus |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Cottingham, Yorkshire, 1891 |
| Death Date | 3 Aug 1917 |
| Death Place | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Driver. |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery 70th Brigade C Battery |
| Regimental Number | 110571 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
110571
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
03/08/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
128, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
