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Surname: PINDER
Forename(s): Samuel
Place of Birth: Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire
Service No: 38239
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 15th (Service) Battalion. (1st Leeds)
Division: 31st Division
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1917-05-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Samuel Pinder, also known as Samuel Hayhurst, was the son of Thomas Pinder Hayhurst (born Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire) and Isabella Hayhurst, née Cundall (born Bowland Forest, Yorkshire). Thomas was the son of John and Ellen Pinder, née Hayhurst. When Thomas was baptized at Bolton-by-Bowland on the 1 January 1843, his mother Ellen is described as a spinster, although she was by then married. A note in the margin of the register states that she was married on the 24 December 1842.
1881 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Forest Becks - Samuel Hayhurst, aged 1 year, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son of Thomas and Isabella Hayhurst. [John Pinder, the father of Thomas Hayhurst was living with the family.]
1891 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Forest Becks - Samuel Pinder, aged 11 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, son of Thomas and Isabella Pinder.
1901 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Samuel Pinder, aged 21 years, born Bolton, son of Thomas and Isabella Pinder.
Samuel was married to Annie Parkinson in 1907. Annie was the sister of Private Dawson Parkinson (23716) (q.v.); Private Riley Parkinson (28823) (q.v.) and cousin of Private Arthur Bleazard (11189) (q.v.).
1911 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Holden - Samuel Pinder, aged 29 years, born Bolton-by-Bowland, husband of Annie Pinder.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Samuel Hayhurst, 38239, W. York. R. Pres. Dead 3.5.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Samuel Hayhurst, 38239, 15th W. York. R. Presumed dead 3.5.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Samuel Hayhurst, 38239, 15th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 3.5.17. On or since. Death presd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Annie. £4 19s. 2d. Self and children.
The 15th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (1st Leeds), informally known as the Leeds Pals, were amalgamated with the 17th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Leeds) to form the 15th/17th Battalion on the 7 December 1917.
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:
PINDER, Samuel, [Bolton-by-Bowland], aged 36, reported missing May 3, 1917, now presumed dead.
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Private Samuel PINDER

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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