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Surname: PILGRIM
Forename(s): Stephen Argent Ffennell
Place of Birth: Foulridge, Lancashire
Service No: ---
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Tank Corps
Battalion / Unit: 13th Battalion
Division: ---
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-09-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. C. 12.
CWGC Cemetery: BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: FOULRIDGE, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
Stephen Argent Ffennell Pilgrim was the son of William Argent and Lydia Roberta Pilgrim, née Ffennell. William was born at Burbage, Leicestershire and Lydia at Banbridge, Co. Down, Ireland.
1901 Foulridge, Lancashire Census: Noyna Mede - Stephen A.F. Pilgrim, aged 2 years, born Colne, Lancashire, son of William A. and Lydia Roberta Pilgrim.
1911 Malvern Wells, Worcestershire Census: The Wells House - Stephen Ffennell Pilgrim, aged 12 years, born Foulridge, Lancashire. Pupil.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Lieut Stephen Argent Ffennell Pilgrim, Machine Gun Corps; Tank Corps. Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 1 February 1918. Correspondence: (Father) W.A. Pilgrim Esq. Noyna Mede, Foulridge, nr Colne, Lancs.
Stephen is commemorated on the Colne War Memorial.
Photograph: 'Colne & District Roll of Honour & War Record 1914-1919'.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Lieutenant Stephen Argent Ffennell PILGRIM
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Tank Corps
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04 October 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR – Second-Lieutenant S. A. F. Pilgrim
This officer was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pilgrim, of Noyna Mede, Foulridge. He was educated at Wells House, Malvern, and Uppingham, and with the view of a University career after the war he entered Oriel College, Oxford. He was a member of the Uppingham School O.T.C., and was gazetted to the Tank Corps in October of last year. His battalion was in action with the Australians in August last, and after a short leave home he was again in action and was mortally wounded on September 24th. He was just 21 years of age. We extend sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
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04 October 1918
Death of a Foulridge Lieutenant
Last week Mr. Pilgrim, of Noyna Mill, Foulridge, received official news of the death from wounds of his son, Lieut. Stephen Argent Ffenell Pilgrim. Lieut. Pilgrim joined the army last year, and had only just got back to France from leave when his death took place. He was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Pilgrim. His father is well known not only in Foulridge but in Colne, where he is clerk to the magistrates, and the news of his bereavement is received with genuine sorrow.
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