Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Canada Farm Cemetery | II. F. 27. | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 4D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of William and Mary Anna Pine, of 42, Queen St., Barnstaple.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 176th Company Machine Gun Corps |
| Action : The Battles of Ypres 1917 (Third Ypres, or Passchendaele) |
31 July - 10 November 1917. By the summer of 1917 the British Army was able for the first time to fight on its chosen ground on its terms. Having secured the southern ridges of Ypres at Messines in June, the main attack started on 31st July 1917 accompanied by what seemed like incessant heavy rain, which coupled with the artillery barrages conspired to turn much of the battlefield into a bog. Initial failure prompted changes in the high command and a strategy evolved to take the ring of ridges running across the Ypres salient in a series of 'bite and hold' operations, finally culminating in the capture of the most easterly ridge on which sat the infamous village of Passchendaele. The Official History carries the footnote ?The clerk power to investigate the exact losses was not available? but estimates of British casualties range from the official figure of 244,000 to almost 400,000. Within five months the Germans pushed the British back to the starting line, which was where they had been since May 1915.
Detail :
The battalion War Diary shows at PILKEM: "...15th August Training as for 14th. About 5pm an enemy High Velocity shell struck the officers Mess, Killing 2 Lieut F. Y. Pine & 2 Lt. W. H. Thirwell..."
He is buried next to THIRLWELL of same unit, and Freemason of Klang Lodge.
His death is recorded in the Army and Navy Gazette 6th October 1917.
North Devon Journal 16th August 1928. "PINE. In loving memory of Second-Lieutenant Frank Youatt Pine, 176th M.G. Coy.; killed in action August 15th, 1917. " He hath fought the good fight." - Also of William Youatt Pine, brother of above, died 1926.- R.I.P. From their sorrowing mother, brother and sister, 42, Queen Street, Barnstaple."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Manchester No. 179 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
18th February 1915 | 18th March 1915 | 15th April 1915 |
The contribution record shows "Killed in action 17.8.17."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley