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Surname: PILLING
Forename(s): Charles Ernest
Place of Birth: Brighouse, Yorkshire
Service No: 1037293
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Canadian Forestry Corps
Battalion / Unit: 55th District
Division: ---
Age: 47
Date of Death: 1918-05-14
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: N. 'C.' 1695.
CWGC Cemetery: SKIPTON (WALTONWRAYS) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Charles Ernest Pilling (born 14 July 1870) was the son of Thomas and Mary Pilling, née Oates. Thomas was born at Mytholmroyd and Mary at Roberttown, Yorkshire. Charles was the uncle of Corporal Stanley Richmond (467545) (q.v.).
1871 Horsforth, Yorkshire Census: Silk Mill Cottages - Charles E. Pilling, aged 8 months, born Brighouse, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Mary Pilling.
1881 Hipperholme cum Brighouse, Yorkshire Census: 1, Bellevue Terrace - Chas E. Pilling, aged 10 years, born Brighouse, son of Thos and Mary Pilling.
1891 Coniston Cold, Yorkshire Census: Godfrey House - Charles E. Pilling, aged 20 years, born Brighouse, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Mary Pilling.
Charles was married to Elizabeth Isabella Brayshaw in 1900.
1901 Coniston Cold, Yorkshire Census: Bell Busk Houses - Charles E. Pilling, aged 30 years, born Brighouse, Yorkshire, husband of Elizabeth I. Pilling.
When Charles attested for the Canadian Army at Edmonton, Alberta on the 1 August 1916, he gave his wife's address as 85, Castle Street, Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
Canadian service records: http://www.baclac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef
Data Source: West Yorkshire Pioneer Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Forestry Corps
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Waltonwrays Cemetery, Skipton
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Memorial Chamber of Canada’s Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
In the Memorial Chamber are the eight ‘Books of Remembrance’ that contain the names of more than 120,000 Canadians who gave their lives in the service of Canada
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
Page from the First World War ‘Book of Remembrance’: Private Charles Pilling
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
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24 May 1918
PILLING, Pte. 1st Scottish General Hospital, Aberdeen, Charles Ernest Pilling.
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