Of Nob End, Little Lever, Lancashire. Formerly employed by Messrs. Andrew Knowles as a boatman on the canal. Formerly Private 17701, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Wounded in the Dardanelles by gunshot in the right calf and treated at hospital in Cairo.
Pilling, William –
Personal details
- Surname: Pilling
- Forename: William
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Little Lever, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: Not known
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: Not known
- Service number: 49515
- Regiment: West Riding (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment
- Enlistment date: September 7th, 1914 - 1914-09-07
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Not known
- CWGC reference: Not known
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 03/09/1915