Henry Charles Pyke
Private 7748 Army Pay Corps. (Canterbury)
Division 43
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Henry Charles Pyke, was the son of Charles John and Ellen Pyke, of 37, Letcombe Street, Reading. The 1901 census indicates that his father was a tin decorator for biscuit manufacturing. Henry then 13 was a grocers errand boy. He was ten years older than his nearest sibling Charles and in 1911 his youngest brother was only two years old. His mother had three surviving children out of the five she had birthed. In 1911 Henry was still living in the family home and his occupation was that of an Insurance Agent.
Henry Charles Pyke died on the 31st December, 1915. He was aged 28. His death was announced in the Chronicle 7th January 1916 there was no other information to add to that in register. We understand from the CWGC register that he had served in France but have no details of this service. His is a registered war grave and has a CWGC war pattern headstone, number 13630.