Every Name a Story

P.K. Pye 1939
Rank : Stoker Second Class

Sherburn

Philip Kitchener  Pye

Every Name a Story

On Portsmouth Naval Memorial is the name of P/KX 96929 Stoker Second Class Class Philip Kitchener Pye serving on H.M.S. Royal Oak with the Royal Navy who died 14/10/1939.

The son of Philip and Mary Elizabeth Pye, of Sherburn, Co. Durham.

In St. Mary’s Churchyard, Sherburn Village, is a family headstone for Pye which reads

Across the top

In Loving Memory of

Left hand side

our dear Daughter
Vera Doreen
Pye
died 31st Oct. 1947
aged 24 years

Right hand side

our dear son
Philip Kitchener
Pye
who was lost on H.M.S.
Royal Oak, 14 Oct.
1939 aged 21 years

Philip Kitchener Pye is remembered at Sherburn on S121.02, S121.03 and S121.08 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Philip Kitchener

Last Name: Pye

Service Number: P/KX 96929

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 14/10/1939

Age: 21

Rank: Stoker Second Class

Regiment: Royal Navy

Unit/Ship: H.M.S. Royal Oak

Links to Source Material

CWGC Link

County Notes

County Durham

District Notes

Durham

Parish Notes

Sherburn

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