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Second Lieutenant JOHN PEPYS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1914

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAUTRAGE MILITARY CEMETERY

II. A. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. Arthur Pepys (late K.R.R.C.) and Mrs. A. Pepys, of Knowle House, Budleigh Salterton, Devon. His brother Francis Pepys also fell.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS NO DEATH WHAT SEEMS SO IS TRANSITION
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Buried or commemorated at

HAUTRAGE MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 773
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