Pilkington, Charles Edward –

Son of Robert and Mary Ellen Pilkington (nee Flitcroft); brother of Mrs. Pilling, of 68, Dawes Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Of 15, Brown Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted August 1915.

Personal details

  • Surname: Pilkington
  • Forename: Charles Edward
  • Date of birth: April 20th, 1898
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 21
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: July 13th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Driver
  • Unit: "A" Battery, 74th Brigade.
  • Service number: 711239
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Canada Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: I. C. 24.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 03/09/1915 28/09/1917 28/09/1917 07/12/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7h 4g 6c/d* S10*
  • Bolton Chronicle: 28/09/1917

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