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Surname: PULLAN
Forename(s): Edgar
Place of Birth: West End (near Thornthwaite), Yorkshire
Service No: 18/619
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 18th (Service) Battalion. (2nd Bradford)
Division: 31st Division
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1916-11-13
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. E. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edgar Pullan was the son of Christopher and Hannah Pullan, née Emsley. Christopher was born at Dacre and Hannah at West End, near Thornthwaite, Yorkshire.
1891 East Morton, Yorkshire Census: Ash Tree Farm - Edgar Pullman, aged 3 years, born County of York, son of Christopher and Hannah Pullman.
1901 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: Mill Bank Lodge - Edgar Pullan, aged 13 years, born Thornthwaite, Yorkshire, son of Christopher and Hannah Pullan.
Edgar was married to Margaret Robinson in 1910.
1911 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 1, Pearl Street, Ingrow - Edgar Pullan, aged 23 years, born West End, Keighley, husband of Margaret Pullan.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edgar Pullan, 18/619, West Yorkshire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (3) Egypt. Date of entry therein: 22 December 1915.
The informal title of the 18th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Bradford) was the 2nd Bradford Pals.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
PULLAN, Edgar, aged 29, West Yorkshire Regiment, formerly of Sutton, killed in action in France.
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Private Edgar PULLAN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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