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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

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Entry 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

Private Samuel PINDER

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

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

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: HAYHURST

Forename(s): Samuel

Born: Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorks

Residence: Holden, Clitheroe, Lancs

Enlisted: Keighley, Yorks

Number: 38239

Rank: Private

Regiment: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion: 15th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 03/05/17

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: HAYHURST

Forename(s): Samuel

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 38239

Rank: Private

Regiment: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Unit: 15th Bn.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 03/05/1917

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‘Clitheroe Advertiser' (1 June 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

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There are many in Clitheroe who will hear with regret that Private Edward C. Wilkinson, West Yorks. Regiment, third son of the late Mr. W. Wilkinson, Moor Lane, has been missing since May 2nd. He married Miss G. Bibby, only daughter of Mr. W.E. Bibby, who now resides at Leeds. Sympathy will be extended to Mrs. Wilkinson, and to the members of the family in their great anxiety. With Private Wilkinson was Private Sam Pinder (Hayhurst) of Holden, formerly gardener for Mr. A.C. Milne-Redhead, of whom nothing has been heard since the same date.

‘Clitheroe Advertiser' (15 June 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

MISSING BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND SOLDIERS

We have previously recorded the fact that Private Dawson Parkinson and Samuel Hayhurst (Pinder), of Bolton-by-Bowland, were officially reported as having been missing since May 3rd and, last Saturday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Brotherton, Brookside Cottages, received word that their third son, Private Ben Brotherton, 2nd/6th Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, was missed on the same date. He was 25 years of age, and joined up in the 22nd March, last year. The last letter received from him was dated the 29th April. – Private Parkinson was 38 years old, and lived with his wife and two children at Nook Cottage. He was also in the Duke of Wellington’s, and became a soldier on the 12th August last, going to France on the 9th January. Before joining, he was a gardener at Bolton Hall. Private Hayhurst joined the West Yorkshire Regiment on the 23rd October last, and had been in France six months. He was 36 years of age.

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08 June 1917

BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – Missing

The very unwelcome news has been received by the relatives of Pte. Samuel Pinder, of Holden; Pte. Dawson Parkinson, of Nook Cottage; and Pte. Ben Brotherton, of Bolton, that these soldiers are missing.

22 February 1918

BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – Obituary

Mr. Thomas Pinder, the village blacksmith at Holden and Bolton-by-Bowland, died early on Tuesday morning last after a short illness, from the effects of a seizure about a month ago. Deceased was a very well known man in the district, and retired from work in favour of his son a few years ago, since which time he had lived at Barrett Hill. He was 75 years of age and leaves a widow, five sons (two of whom are in the Army), and two daughters. The interment takes place this (Friday) afternoon in the Bolton-by-Bowland Churchyard.

[Thomas Pinder is probably the father of Samuel Pinder alias Samuel Hayhurst, who was killed in action, 3 May 1917]

08 March 1918

PINDER – Reported missing since May 3rd, 1917, and death now officially presumed, Private Samuel Pinder, formerly of Bolton-by-Bowland, aged 36 years.

08 March 1918

BOWLAND HEROES' SACRIFICE

Private Samuel Pinder, after being reported missing since May 3rd, 1917, is now presumed by the Army Council to have been killed on this date in action in France. Deceased, who was 36 years of age, leaves a wife and three children at Holden, Bolton-by-Bowland. Private Pinder joined on the 23rd October, 1916, and went to France on January 6th, 1917, and prior to enlisting was employed as a gardener at Holden Clough.

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