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Lieutenant Richard Herbert PHAYRE
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of Lt. Col. R. Phayre, O.B.E.,
D.L., and Mrs. Frances Anne Phayre, of "Belgaum," Woking, Surrey.
Killed 26 October 1914. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Born at Famborough, Hants., 31st March, 1890, son of Lieut.- Col. Richard
Phayre, O.B.E., late 19th Foot.
2nd Lieut., 11th December, 1909 ; Lieut., 1st April, 1911.
Went to Belgium with the 2nd Battn. in October, 1914.
Killed near Gheluvelt in the 1st battle of Ypres, 27th October, 1914.
"He was a young officer of great promise, keenly interested in his profession
and his regiment. His younger brother, Lieut. C. F. Phayre, Royal Munster
Fusiliers, was killed on the 27th August " (G.H.G.).
Richard Phayre's photo in the title bar, and the accompanying biographical
notes, were kindly supplied by Paul Stevens, Repton School's Librarian
and Archivist. The history of Repton School, and further details of the school,
can be found on www.repton.org.uk/history-of-repton.
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Born March 31st 1890, the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel R. Phayre,
O.B.E., D.L., and Mrs. Frances Anne Phayre, of "Belgaum," Woking,
Surrey. Mitre 1904 - 1908. Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 2nd Yorkshire
Regiment, 1909. Lieutenant, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment. France, 8/14. Killed in
Action at Ypres 26/10/14 aged 24.
Richard Phayre left Repton School in 1904.
(Richard Phayre's younger brother, C F Phayre, - school leaver 1905, was killed
on 27 August 1914 serving with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.)
Lieutenant Phayre in the photo of the Officers of the 2nd Battalion in October
1914.
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