BORN COTTINGHAM 1894. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM PYBUS (1865-1946) & MARY ELIZABETH PYBUS (1861-1949), OF 173 FINKLE STREET , COTTINGHAM (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. THIRD OF FIVE SONS. EMPLOYED AS A NURSERY MAN. HE WAS ALSO A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AND WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL (The Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D´Amiens Cemetery, Arras)
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL, AND RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH WW1 PLAQUE. HIS ELDEST BROTHER, DRIVER, ERNEST PYBUS, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, WAS KILLED AT YPRES ON 03/08/1917, AGED 26.
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
20060
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
