Soldiers of the Regiment
The Pye Family
Frederick Pye, John (Jack) Pye and Frederick Pye
Junior
Army Reserve B – Voluntarily Attested man. Certification of Exemption.
For Frederick Pye, Tarnbrook, Over Wyresdale. Attested at Lancaster, age
34 years. Exemption conditional on remaining employed as a farmer. Dated
10 Oct 1916. Stamped by Lancaster Rural District Council, 5 Dalton
Square, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO3117/001
Addressed to Mr F Pye, Tarnbrook, Over Wyresdale, Lancaster. Postmarked
16 Oct 1916.
Accession Number: KO3117/002
Home Guard, No. 2 Zone, East Lancashire Area. Important Notice to All
Home Guardsmen.
Stamped “4th County of Lancaster (South Lonsdale) Battalion Home Guard,
Drill Hall, West End Road, Morecambe.
Accession Number: KO3117/003
Instructions for Home Guard Final Ceremonial Parade, London, 3 Dec 1944,
dated 15 Nov 1944, for Private Pye.
Accession Number: KO3117/004
Instructions for Home Guard Final Ceremonial Parade, London, dated 30
Nov 1944. for Private F Pye
Accession Number: KO3117/005
Home Guard Certificate of Service for F Pye, who served from 15 Jul 1940
to 3 Dec 1944
Accession Number: KO3117/006
Souvenir of the Home Guard Stand Down Concert, at the Royal Albert Hall,
3 Dec 1944.
Accession Number: KO3117/007
Group of Home Guardsmen, assumed to be in London Dec 1944, at the time
of the Home Guard farewell parade.
Accession Number: KO3117/008
Private Jack Dickinson, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World
War.
Photo by Davis of Lancaster.
There are two men called John Dickinson with the KO in the First World
War:
John Dickinson, number 2690, 1st King’s Own
John Dickinson, number 49403, 8th King’s Own
Accession Number: KO3117/009
Item believed to be part of a detonator, which John (Jack) Pye stood on
on 21 Dec 1944
Accession Number: KO3117/010
Part of wood soled and leather clog worn by John (Jack) Pye when he
stepped on an explosive device on 21 Dec 1944 on Tarnbrook Fell.
Jack’s Clog
During the Second World War, soldiers came up to Tarnbrook Fell on
manoeuvres and practice with live ammunition. On 21 Dec 1944, two
neighbouring farmers Jack Pye and George Huddleston went up on to the
fell to bring down some sheep. Jack stepped on a live version of a land
mine and was badly injured. George ran down to Tarnbrook to bring Jack’s
brother, Fred, with a horse and seld to bring Jack down. Meantime, 14
year old brother, Tom, ran the nearly 3 miles to Abbeystead, to inform
the mother, Mrs Pye, who was at the school Christmas party with the
youngest son, David.
Accession Number: KO3117/011
Corduroy gaitor, worn by farmers, and possibly worn by Jack Pye, when he
stepped on an explosive device on Tarnbrook Fell, 21 Dec 1944
Accession Number: KO3117/012
Corduroy gaitor, worn by farmers, and possibly worn by Jack Pye, when he
stepped on an explosive device on Tarnbrook Fell, 21 Dec 1944
Accession Number: KO3117/013
Telegram to John Pye, Tanrbrook, Abbeystead, dated 14 Nov 1942 wishing
him congratulations on his 21st birthday.
Accession Number: KO3117/014
Receipt from Lancashire Education Committee, Adult Education, dated 2
Feb 1943 for course in Drama at Abbeystead for John Pye
Accession Number: KO3117/015
Receipt from Lancashire Education Committee, Adult Education, dated 21
Oct 1943 for course in Drama at Abbeystead for John Pye
Accession Number: KO3117/016
Receipt from Lancashire Education Committee, Adult Education, dated 2
Nov 1944 for course in Drama at Abbeystead for John Pye
Accession Number: KO3117/017
Receipt from Wyresdale Young Farmers’ Club, dated 27 Oct 1944, for John
Pye
Accession Number: KO3117/018
Medical Card for John Pye, dated of birth 14 Nov 1921. Dated Aug 1945.
Accession Number: KO3117/019
John Pye as a child
Accession Number: KO3117/020
Group photograph of the Pye Family.
Rear row, left to right: Dorothy Dickinson, daughter of Lizzie Pye, nee
Dickinson and her brother, Jack Dickinson (because the shared the same
bed); Lizzie Pye, nee Dickinson (mother); Fred Pye (father).
Middle row, Anne Pye and Jack Pye.
Front row, Bill Pye and Tom Pye.
Fred Pye, junior, is missing from the photograph.
Accession Number: KO3117/021
The Pye Children in front of house.
Bill, David, Anne, Fred, with Jack (John) Pye and Tom at the front.
Accession Number: KO3117/022
John (Jack) Pye as an older man.
Accession Number: KO3117/023
Letter from Hodgson & Sons, Solicitors, Lune Street, Preston, dated 11
May 1946, addressed to Mrs Pye, recording a letter from the Army Claims
Office for the accident to Jack Pye.
Accession Number: KO3117/024
Envelope for letter address to Mrs Pye, 11 May 1946.
Accession Number: KO3117/025
Letter to Jack, from Bess, 32 South Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, dated
24 Dec 1944
Accession Number: KO3117/026
Letter to Mrs Pye, from Joan Entwistle (Milk Recorder), Moss Villa, Mere
Raod, Burscough, Ormskirk, dated 25 Dec 1944
Accession Number: KO3117/027
Letter to Jack Pye, from Gilbert, Borderside, Over Wyresdale, dated 4
Jan 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/028
Letter to Jack Pye, from Bessie, 32 South Road, Morecambe, Lancashire,
dated 14 Jan 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/029
Letter to Mrs Pye, from Joan Entwistle (Milk Recorder), Moss Villa, Mere
Road, Burscough, Ormskirk, dated 3 Feb 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/030
Letter to Jack Pye, from Bessie, 32 South Road, Morecambe, Lancashire,
dated 4 Mar 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/031
Letter to Jack Pye, from Mary, Post Office, Abbeystead, dated 9 Mar 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/032
Letter to Jack Pye from Jessie, Royal Infirmary, Lancaster, dated 18 Apr
1945
Accession Number: KO3117/033
Letter to Jack Pye from Betty, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 27 Apr
1945
Accession Number: KO3117/034
Letter to Jack Pye from Annie, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 28 Apr
1945
Accession Number: KO3117/035
Letter to Jack Pye from Betty, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 7 May
1945
Accession Number: KO3117/036
Letter to Jack Pye, from Jessie, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 9 May
1945
Accession Number: KO3117/037
Letter to Jack Pye, from Dolphinholme WI, dated 22 May 1945 with small
gift of £11 10s 0d.
Accession Number: KO3117/038
Letter to Jack Pye, from Betty, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 27 May
1945. Home address shown as Rosefold House, Stricklands Lane, Penwortham,
Near Preston.
Accession Number: KO3117/039
Letter to Jack Pye, from Jessie, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 4 Jun
1945
Accession Number: KO3117/040
Letter to Jack Pye from Betty, Rosefold House, Stricklands Lane,
Penwortham, Near Preston. Dated 18 Jun 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/041
Letter to Jack Pye from Betty, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Dated 22 Jun
1945.
Accession Number: KO3117/042
Letter to Jack Pye from Betty, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 29 Jun
1945.
Accession Number: KO3117/043
Letter to Jack Pye from Jessie, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 10 Jul
1945.
Accession Number: KO3117/044
Letter to Jack Pye from Betty, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 17 Jul
1945
Accession Number: KO3117/045
Letter to Jack Pye from Marie Dent, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 14
Sep 1945.
Accession Number: KO3117/046
Letter to Jack Pye from Vicki, c/o Mrs Shepherd, Jackson’s Farm, Pilling
Lane, Preesall, near Fleetwood. Dated 16 Sep 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/047
Letter to Jack Pye from ? Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 6 Oct 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/048
Envelope addressed to Mr J Pye, Tarnbrook, Abbeystead, near Lancaster,
and postmarked 8 Oct 1945, which suggests that he had been released from
hospital at this time.
Accession Number: KO3117/049
Letter to Jack Pye from Minne Ellershaw, Royal Lancaster Infirmary,
dated 8 Nov 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/050
Letter to Jack Pye from R Cornthwaite, Bromley Ward, 18 Dec 1945
Accession Number: KO3117/051
Enveloped Address to Mr Jack Pye, Ward 7, Lancaster Infirmary
Accession Number: KO3117/052
Letter to Jack Pye from Betty, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, dated 18 Dec
1945.
Accession Number: KO3117/053
Letter to Jack Pye from Marie, Ward 2
Accession Number: KO3117/054
Letter to Jack Pye from Marie, Ward 2
Accession Number: KO3117/055
Letter to Jack Pye from Marie, Ward 2
Accession Number: KO3117/056
Letter to Jack Pye from Marie, Ward 2
Accession Number: KO3117/057
Letter to Jack Pye from Tom, Docholme, Bay Horse, near Lancaster
Accession Number: KO3117/058
Letter to Jack Pye from Lou, 138 Beacon Lane, Liverpool 5
Accession Number: KO3117/059
Letter to Jack Pye from R Cornthwaite, Bromley Ward, Royal Infirmary
Accession Number: KO3117/060
Letter to Jack Pye from Hannah, Greenside, Abbeystead
Accession Number: KO3117/061
Letter to Jack Pye from JD at Wickerns Farm, Bleasdale, Near Preston.
Accession Number: KO3117/062
Small note from Vicki, who can be contacted vi Mrs B Ormerod, The
Hackney, Knott End on Sea, near Fleetwood.
Accession Number: KO3117/063
Letter to [Jack] Pye from Ian D Kitchen, FRCSE, 1 Rose Bank, Lancaster,
circa 1946.
Accession Number: KO3117/064
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