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Surname: PITCHFORD
Forename(s): Thomas Gilbert
Place of Birth: Dawley, Shropshire
Service No: 268836
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1918-03-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. G. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Gilbert Pitchford was the son of Edwin and Ann Pitchford, née Deakin. Both parents were born at Dawley, Shropshire.
1901 Mannerley Lane [Township of Ketley] near Wellington, Shropshire Census: Thomas Pitchford, aged 3 years, born Dawley, Shropshire, son of Edwin and Ann Pitchford. [Edwin, Ann and their childen were living with Ann's mother, Maria Deakin.]
1911 Oakengates, Shropshire Census: Perseverance Terrace, East Road, Ketley Bank - Thomas G. Pitchford, aged 13 years, born Dawley, Shropshire, son of Edwin Pitchford, widower.
Before joining the Army, Thomas lived at Newhouse, Brogden near Barnoldswick, with his uncle and aunt, Robinson Starkey and Rachel Baxter, née Deakin. In 1911 Robinson and Rachel were living at 30, Essex Street, Barnoldswick.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas G. Pitchford, 268836, West Riding Regiment.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Gilbert Pitchford, 268836, 2/6th & 2/4th W. Rid. R. K. in A. 29-3-18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Gilbert Pitchford, 268836, 2/4th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 29.3.18 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and sole legatee - Edwin. £12 11s. 11d.
A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
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:
PITCHFORD, T.C., aged 20 years, [Barnoldswick], West Riding Regiment, killed in action March 28, 1918.
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Private Thomas Gilbert PITCHFORD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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12 April 1918
Private T. G. Pitchford, Barnoldswick
Private Thos. Gilbert Pitchford, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, reported killed in action on March 28th, was 20 years of age, and a native of Wellington, Salop, but since the death of his mother, had been brought up by his aunt, Mrs. R. Baxter, Newhouse, Brogden. He went out to France last September, and was wounded on November 24th. Prior to his joining up he worked for Messrs. Alderton, Fernbank Shed. His two brothers, who also lived in Barnoldswick, are in the Army: one in France, and the other in hospital in England, having been twice wounded.
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12 April 1918
PITCHFORD – Killed in action, March 28th, Pte. T.G. Pitchford, West Riding Regiment, who resided with his aunt, Mrs. R. Baxter, of Newhouse, Brogden, aged 20.
12 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Private T.G. Pitchford Killed
Pte. Thos. Gilbert Pitchford, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, reported killed in action on March 28th, was 20 years of age, and a native of Wellington, Salop, but since the death of his mother had been brought up by his aunt, Mrs. R. Baxter. Newhouse, Brogden. He went out to France last September, and was wounded at Bourlon Wood on Nov. 24th. Prior to joining up he worked for Messrs. Alderton, Fernbank Shed. His two brothers, who also lived in Barnoldswick, are in the army, one in France and the other in hospital in England, having been twice wounded.
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