Tom Pybus
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| Home: | Lilburn |
| Date of death: | 15 September 1916 |
| Age at death: | 25 years |
| Fate: | Killed in action |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Service No: | 2394 |
| Unit/Regiment: | 1st/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Buried: | Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, France (Cemetery/memorial reference: Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B). Also commemorated on the Eglingham War Memorial, Northumberland UK. |
| Other: | Son of Ellen Pybus (nee Bradley) and John Pybus. |
Lance Corporal Tom Pybus
(Image: Copyright © IWM (7058894). Original Source. Used with permission under IWM Non-Commercial Licence.)
Thiepval Memorial, France (image courtesy of CWGC)
Northumberland Fusiliers
(Image credit: By kind permission of The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland.)
Additional information
Tom was born 2 February 1891 in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, UK.
He was a travelling gardener and is believed to have resided at the Lilburn Tower Estate (along with three other gardeners Bertram Reinfred BARRON, Frederick Alec Leonard JERRAM, and Richard RIDDING). As with these other three gardeners, Tom enlisted at Alnwick into the Northumberland Fusiliers and is also commemorated on the Eglingham War Memorial.
Note
We are grateful to Janet Rice of the North East War Memorial Project for her assistance in providing information regarding Tom Pybus.
