Talk:Charles Pye
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[edit] Extra info
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The following was submitted by Elizabeth Pye on 22 January 2000:
Charles was baptized 24 Sep 1820 at Forebridge, Stafford, Staffordshire. The eldest son of Thomas Pye and Alice (Hall). Charles enlisted at Coventry on 18 Nov 1840 with 40th Regiment. He married Mrs Mary Ann Farrell (nee Casey) in Calcutta, India on 3 Jan 1857. After returning to England he and wife emigrated to New Zealand on the African 27 Aug 1862. He became a Captain of the Colonial Defence Force and fought during the Maori Wars. In 1876 he went to Australia to settle near his father (who was now living there with a second wife and family) but Charles died of bronchitis on 12 Jul 1876. He is buried in Tower Hill Cemetery near Koroit, Victoria, Australia. The Office of Australian War Graves have erected a headstone to mark his grave.
[edit] The medal
The following was submitted by Elizabeth Pye on 22 January 2000
Charles's medals (from India and New Zealand) are held in a private military museum in Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. Medals include Punjab Campaign medal; Indian Mutiny medal, Sutlej campaign medal and 3 clasps, Gwalior campaign star (bronze star); and New Zealand campaign medals.
Submitted by Elizabeth Pye 21 November 2007.
On 17 November 2007 a commemoration service was held at the graveside of Captain Charles Pye at the Tower Hill cemetery to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the awarding of the Victoria Cross. About 50 descendants of William Pye and Joseph Pye, half brothers of Captain Charles Pye, attended the commemoration. A dedication stone to Charles Pye was also erected and unveiled at the Kirkstall Hotel.
-- Necrothesp (talk) 18:13, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
