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Alfred James PINNOCK

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Surname: PINNOCK

Forename(s): Alfred James

Place of Birth: Elstree, Hertfordshire

Service No: 260505

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Engineers

Battalion / Unit: 338th Road Construction Coy

Division: ---

Age: 38

Date of Death: 1917-04-26

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. E. 47.

CWGC Cemetery: DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Alfred James Pinnock was the son of Alfred and Sarah Pinnock, née Stiles. Alfred was born at Alton, Hampshire and Sarah at Fulham, Middlesex.

1881 Elstree, Hertfordshire Census: Gas Factory, Boreham Wood - Alfred James Pinnock, aged 2 years, born Elstree, Hertfordshire, son of Alfred and Sarah Pinnock.

1891 Elstree, Hertforshire Census: Gas Works - Alfred J.Pinnock, aged 12 years, born, Elstree, son of Alfred and Sarah Pinnock.

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 19, Back Water Street - Alfred Pinnock, aged 23 years, born Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire. [Alfred was boarding with George Henry and Elizabeth Annie Bruce.Their son, the future Lance Corporal Alexander Bruce (2045) (q.v.), died in the Great War.]

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Hallam’s Yard - Alfred James Pinnock, aged 31, born Elstree, Hertfordshire. Stationary Engineman. [Alfred was boarding with Isabella Gregson.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pnr Arthur [sic] J. Pinnock, 260505, R.E.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pnr Arthur [sic] J. Pinnock, 260505, Royal Engineers.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pioneer Alfred James Pinnock, 260505, 338. R.C. Coy., R.E. Date and Place of Death: 26.4.17. 2/1 Northumbrian C.C. Stn. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Sarah. £8 10s. 7d.

Alfred is commemorated on the Boreham Wood War Memorial.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Engineers

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Engineers

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Surname: PINNOCK

Forename(s): Alfred James

Born: Elstree, Herts

Residence:

Enlisted: Garforth, Yorks

Number: 260505

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment: Corps of Royal Engineers

Battalion:

Decorations:

Died Date: 26/04/17

Died How: Died

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes: (338th Road Constn. Coy., R.E.)

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Surname: PINNOCK

Forename(s): Alfred James

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 260505

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Unit: 338th Road Construction Coy.

Age: 38

Awards:

Died Date: 26/04/1917

Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Sarah Pinnock, of Boreham Wood, Herts. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN)

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Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1

Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1

CWGC Headstone

Courtesy of Elstree & Boreham Wood Museum

Next of kin Memorial Plaque

Next of kin Memorial Plaque

Courtesy of Elstree & Boreham Wood Museum

Boreham Wood War Memorial

Boreham Wood War Memorial

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Boreham Wood War Memorial - detail

Boreham Wood War Memorial - detail

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Craven Herald and Wensleydale Standard Logo

23 February 1923

ODDFELLOWS’ WAR MEMORIAL

UNVEILING CEREMONY AT A SKIPTON LODGE

OVER 200 WHO SERVED

There was a large attendance of local members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at the Friendly Societies’ Hall, Skipton, on Saturday afternoon, on the occasion of the unveiling of a war memorial to the members of the Loyal Traveller’s Friend Lodge, I.O.O.F, M.U., who fell in the war.

The Memorial takes the form of a beautifully designed scroll within an oak frame with a glass front, the work of Mr. H. Spencer, junr., and it bears the inscription:–

LOYAL/TRAVELLER’S FRIEND LODGE,/SKIPTON DISTRICT ./I.O.O.F. ROLL OF HONOUR M.U./OF/THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS LODGE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY TO UPHOLD THE SACRED CAUSES OF BROTHERHOOD AND HUMANITY IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914–1918.

Below the inscription are the names of 173 members who served in the war, and of the 40 members who were killed. The names of the fallen occupy a central position on the scroll, and above them are the following words:–

IN MEMORIAM
OF THOSE WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE.
THEIR HEARTS ARE LIFTED UP
THEIR HEARTS
THAT HAVE FOREKNOWN
THE UTTER PRICE,
THEIR HEARTS BURN
UPWARD AS A FLAME
OF SPLENDOUR AND OF
SACRIFICE

The names of the fallen are as follows:– H. Armstrong, J.J. Brown, J. Barrett, Robt. Brown, W.W. Bell, A. Clayton, W.H. Coles, T.C. Chew, Tom Downes, T.M. Drummond, Jos. Emmott, Thos. Edmondson, J. Easterby, F. Gallagher, J.W. Garwood, G.E. Godwin, S.J. Hargreaves, M. Hargreaves, A. Hebden, J. Hebden, A. Hawkswell, T.E. Inman, M. Lund, R.C. [R.G.] Metcalfe, Hbt. Maudsley, Hy. Maudsley, A.J. Pimnock [Pinnock], H.Y. [Harry] Riley, T.W. Storey, J.H. Stewart, R. Spencer, J.W. Shuttleworth, Wm. Tempest, Hbt. Thompson, Fred Thornton, J.W. Varley, John Ward, J.A. Whittaker, J.W. Whittaker, and R.D. Whittaker.

The Unveiling Ceremony

The unveiling ceremony was presided over by Bro. Thos. Bellamy, and was performed by Bro. Amos Culpan, Prov. C.S., and a simple service included the singing of the hymns, ‘O God our help’ and Kipling’s Recessional, ‘God of our fathers,’ and the reading of a portion of Scripture, and the offering of a prayer by Bro. James Greenwood, of Bradford, and formerly of Skipton.

Bro. Bellamy observed that those members of the Lodge whom they were met to honour went into battle, suffered untold privations, and, in many cases, made the supreme sacrifice. They gave their lives in defence of their homes and their country. Further than that, they gave their lives for justice and freedom, and in order that we might live. It was the duty of Oddfellows, equally as much as other sections of the community, to do everything within their power to make the country better for that sacrifice. “In the time of our prosperity,” concluded Bro. Bellamy, “never let us forget those who served us in the time of our adversity.”

A Lesson of the War

Prior to unveiling the memorial, Bro. Culpan described the ceremony he had been asked to perform as one not unattended by sorrow. It was an occasion upon which one felt a desire to make their Order better for the sacrifice of its members, and to extend the true spirit of brotherhood. In nearly 4,000 of their Lodges they would find a roll of honour. Over 22,000 of their members made the supreme sacrifice, and thousands of others were ruined and shattered in health and without prospects for the future. Each and all of them ought to perform some daily service that would make the sacrifice of those men worth while. One result of the terrible ordeal of 1914 to 1918 was the creation of a better feeling between men, and a desire to break down the class barriers that formerly existed. That was one of the great lessons of the war.

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