Tyne Cot Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial: Pauline Priano

He was born in 1898, and his father also Richard Kaye, a butcher (later meat sales agent for Steedman & Son, Liverpool). His mother was Christina.

He enlisted in the 2/8th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment in 1915.

He was killed in action on the 8th October 1917. The entry from the Manchesters website reads as follows:- The nightmare began on 8 October. 197 and 198 Brigades assembled in the vicinity of the FREZENBERG RIDGE at 6 p.m. and were subjected to very heavy shelling even as they assembled suffering a number of casualties. Only one track was allocated for each brigade and these were already torn up by pack animals. The troops were subjected to constant shelling as they filed along the tracks in the inky darkness. Frequent stops were made to save those who had been blown off the tracks into the quagmire. By 12:30 a.m. on 9 October it was clear that troops would not be in position on time unless they got a move on. The order went out – they were not to stop for any reason. The troops marched on desperately trying to ignore the screams of their fallen comrades who were drowning in the liquid mud. 1½ miles before the jump off point the tracks ended and the men struggled on through driving rain in knee deep mud. Despite Herculean efforts they arrived late. In the case of 197 Brigade the head of the 3/5 Lancashire Fusiliers was at the start line. The 2/8 LF’s were still 400 yards behind the start, whilst the 2/7 and 2/8 LF’s were still some 6-800 yards in the rear. Anticipating this problem 199 Brigade was put on alert and the 2/5 and 2/7 Manchesters suddenly found themselves ordered into the attack.

He is remembered at Harton on H104.03, at South Shields on S86.027 and in S86.086 page 7

South Shields Grammar School
The CWGC entry for Corporal Kaye