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Claude John Pym

In memory of:

Lieutenant Claude John Pym

March 26, 1917

Military Service


Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Irish Guards

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Claude George Melville Pym and Lucy Victoria Pym, of Canwick House, Lincoln.

Commemorated on Page 580 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. II.

Location:

Meaulte is a village a little south of Albert. GROVE TOWN CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres south-east of the village and a little west of the road to the neighbouring village of Bray-sur-Somme.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Claude John Pym– I am a tour guide at Lincoln Cathedral in England.  Lt JC Pym is commemorated via a carpet in the soldier's chapel within the cathedral, along with his brother (Francis Leslie Melville Pym).  They are commemorated by the inclusion of the badge of the Guards Regiment.
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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