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Surname: PITCHFORD
Forename(s): James
Place of Birth: Donnington Wood, Shropshire
Service No: 267805
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion. (Leeds Rifles)
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1918-04-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 42 to 47.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James Pitchford was the son of Moses and Jane Maria Pitchford, née Bates. Both parents were born in the Lilleshall area of Shropshire.
1881 Lilleshall, Shropshire Census: 24, Barracks, Donnington - James Pitchford, aged 3 years, born Lilleshall, son of Moses and Jane M. Pitchford.
1891 Lilleshall, Shropshire Census: 70, New Buildings - James Pitchford, aged 13 Years, born Lilleshall, son of Moses and [stepson of] Annie Pitchford. [Moses had married Ann Bolas, née Edwards in 1883.]
1901 Lilleshall, Shropshire Census: 70, New Buildings, Donnington Wood - James Pitchford, aged 23 years, born Donnington, Shropshire, son of Moses and [stepson of] Ann Pitchford.
1911 Normanton, Yorkshire Census: 28, Benson Square - James Pitchford, aged 31 years, born Newport, Salop. [James was boarding with William and Sarah Siveons.]
James lived in Barnoldswick with his married sister Annie Wilding.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Pitchford, 6079, 267805, W. York. R. Pres. dead 25.4.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte James Pitchford, 6079, 1/7 W. York. R. Attd. 10th Entrenching Bn.; 267805, 1/7 W. York. R. Presumed Dead 25.4.18.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James. Name(s) on card(s): Mrs Hannah Wilding, born 1872. Relationship: Sister. Address: 8, Forester's Bldgs. Barnoldswick.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Pitchford, 267805, 1/7 W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 25.4.18. Presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sister - A. Wilding. £21 7s. 4d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private James PITCHFORD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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31 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Private J. Pitchford, West Yorks (8 Foresters’ Buildings, Barnoldswick) is missing since April 25th.
01 August 1919
BARNOLDSWICK
Rifleman James Pitchford, West Yorks., whose death has been presumed by the War Office, was previously reported missing on 25th April, 1918. He was 40 years of age and unmarried, and lived with his sister at 8 Foresters’ Buildings, Barnoldswick.
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31 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Barnoldswick Wounded and Missing
Pte J. Pitchford, West Yorkshire Regiment, of 8, Foresters’ Buildings, Barnoldswick, has been missing since April 25th.
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