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Family of Harry PUMPHREY and Bessie GEARING

Husband: Harry PUMPHREY (1865-1924)
Wife: Bessie GEARING (1867-1950)
Children: Harry PUMPHREY (1887- )
John Nathaniel PUMPHREY (1889-1898)
Nathanial PUMPHREY (1892- )
William Alick PUMPHREY (1893-1917)
George PUMPHREY (1897-1917)
Bessie PUMPHREY (1900- )
Marriage 1885 Dec Qtr, Brighton Sussex

Husband: Harry PUMPHREY

Name: Harry PUMPHREY
Sex: Male
Father: Nathanial PUMPHREY (1830-1885)
Mother: Sarah BRAIN (1835- )
Birth 1865 Dec Qtr, Brighton, Sussex
Occupation Fisherman/Waterman
Death 1924 (age 58-59) Jun Qtr, Brighton, East Sussex

Wife: Bessie GEARING

Name: Bessie GEARING
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1867 Brighton, Sussex
Death 1950 (age 82-83) Mar Qtr, Brighton, Sussex

Child 1: Harry PUMPHREY

Name: Harry PUMPHREY
Sex: Male
Spouse: Elizabeth MACK (1888- )
Birth 1887 Brighton Sussex
Occupation Milkman

Child 2: John Nathaniel PUMPHREY

Name: John Nathaniel PUMPHREY
Sex: Male
Birth 1889 Brighton Sussex
Death 1898 (age 8-9) Jun Qtr, Steyning (Hove) West Sussex

Child 3: Nathanial PUMPHREY

Name: Nathanial PUMPHREY
Sex: Male
Spouse: Annie REDMAN ( - )
Birth 1892 Brighton Sussex

Child 4: William Alick PUMPHREY

Name: William Alick PUMPHREY
Sex: Male
Birth 1893 Dec Qtr, Brighton, Sussex
Occupation Soldier
Death 27 Jun 1917 (age 23-24) Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Cause: War Injuries
Burial West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIV. C. 4A.

Child 5: George PUMPHREY

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George PUMPHREY, 1914, age 17, George Pumphrey

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Spouse: Nellie JANES, Nellie (nee Janes) Pumphrey

Name: George PUMPHREY
Sex: Male
Spouse: Nellie JANES (1895-1964)
Birth 1897 Brighton, Sussex
Death 3 May 1917 (age 19-20) Arras, France
Cause: Died in Battle
Name on Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D´Amiens Cemetery, Arras Bay 6 - No known grave
Occupation Soldier

Child 6: Bessie PUMPHREY

Name: Bessie PUMPHREY
Sex: Female
Birth 1900 Brighton Sussex

Note on Marriage

1891 census family living at 19 Essex Place, Brighton.1901 and 1911 census at 17 Laurel Row, Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex, England

Note on Child 4: William Alick PUMPHREY

Nationality: United Kingdom. Rank: Gunner

Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery

Unit Text: "D" Bty. 70th Bde.

Age: 23

Date of Death: 27/06/1917

Service No: 9760

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: XIV. C. 4A.

Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

Note on Child 5: George PUMPHREY

1901 census living with parents at 19a Laurel Row, Kemp Town, Brighton. Joined the 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry with service no.3450. The Yeomany had moved to Canterbury sometime during August 1914.

On 24 September 1915 the Regiment dismounted, and they sailed with the brigade on the "Olympic" from Liverpool to Gallipoli, landing on 8 October 1915 and once there placed under the command of 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.

By 8 January 1916 the Regiment was evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Mudros on the Greek island of Lemnos. Aftyer a short stay in Mudros the unit embarked for Egypt in Feb 1916. On arrival in Egypt the Regiment was used on to the Suez Canal defences.

The whole of 42nd Bde moved to join the Western Frontier Force during July 1916, The Battle of Delville Wood was fought from 14 July - 3 September 1916, one of the twelve battles of the Somme. George spent 10 days in a field hospital for aa accidental foot wound from 6th September 1916.

By 3rd January 1917 the Regiment had re-roled to infantry, becoming 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment and came under orders of 230th Brigade in 74th (Yeomanry) Division. George Pumphrey was given service no. No.G/17622.

He was killed 3rd May 1917 as Private in 7 Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Name is shown in Bay 6 on Memorial at Arras, France and also on Brighton, memorial Old Steine. Posthumously awarded British war medal and Victory medal