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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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Marriage Register of St.John’s, Ingrow, Keighley, Yorkshire
Entry for the marriage of Edgar Pullan to Margaret Robinson, 16 April 1910
Courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service
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01 December 1916
PULLAN – Killed in action in France, Pte. Edgar Pullan, West Yorkshire Regiment, formerly of Sutton-in-Craven, aged 29 years.
01 December 1916
PRIVATE EDGAR PULLAN OF SUTTON MAKES THE GREAT SACRIFICE
News has been received at Sutton during the weekend that Private Edgar Pullan, of the West Yorkshire Regiment (2nd Bradford Pals), has been killed in action “somewhere in France”. Pte. Pullan was well known in Sutton, where he resided up to his marriage a few years ago. He enlisted on the 26th March 1915 in the ‘Pals’, and was in training for a time at Manningham Park, afterwards going to Ripon with his Battalion. Prior to going out to the Front, Private Pullan was at Fovant (Salisbury Plain). His Battalion went to Egypt in December 1915, and was afterwards transferred to France in February of this year. Pte. Pullan was the youngest child of Mr. Christopher Pullan. He was 29 years of age and leaves a widow and one child to mourn his loss. He was highly respected in the village, and was over on leave a few months ago, and was a fine, manly, soldierly-looking young man.
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01 December 1916
SUTTON SOLDIER’S DEATH
It was with deep regret that the residents of Sutton learned on Friday morning that Private Edgar Pullan, of the West Yorkshires, had been killed in action. Since his marriage, he had resided at Ingrow with this wife and child. He joined the forces early in the war, and has been out almost twelve months. He was the youngest son of the late Mrs. Christopher Pullan, who came to Sutton some years ago, being formerly residents and well known in the Pateley Bridge District. Their house was at Thornthwaite. Pte. Pullan’s last leave home was during the present year, when he came from the trenches to visit his mother, who was then on her death bed. Much sympathy is felt with the young aged father and widow, and family in their great loss.
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