Mr. and Mrs. Amos Pyett, North Grimsby, received the sad news on Monday, August 12th of the death of their son, Herbert Ross Pyett who was killed while fighting in France. He enlisted from Melfort, Sask. early in the war, and a young wife and two young children in that town mourn his death as well as a father, mother, brothers and sisters at Grimsby and overseas. H.R. Pyett was born in the Township of Caistor about 25 years ago. A few years ago he moved to the North West and there he married and settled at Melfort, Sask. When the war broke out he enlisted and went overseas. His wife and children remained at Melfort. Two of his brothers also enlisted and are now overseas, one brother, John Pyett who has been four times wounded is now in England. Another brother, Irwin Pyett, in the Canadian Cavalry in France, is probably in action at the present time. A cousin, Walter Pyett, is also at the front in the Canadian Cavalry ...
H.R. Pyett killed at the front
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- Grimsby Independent, 14 Aug 1918, p. 1
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- Pyett, Herbert Ross ; Pyett, John ; Pyett, Irwin ; Pyett, Amos ; Pyett, Walter
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