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.
Pilkington, Charles Edward –
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: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- 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