Thomas PILKINGTON

Main CPGW Record

Surname: PILKINGTON

Forename(s): Thomas

Place of Birth: Accrington, Lancashire

Service No: 24067

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion

Division: 11th (Northern) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-08-11

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXIII. C. 4.

CWGC Cemetery: NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Thomas Pilkington was the son of Henry and Nancy Pilkington, née Ellis. Henry was born at Accrington and Nancy at Colne, Lancashire.

1881 Church, Lancashire Census: 18, Bradley Street - Thomas Pilkington, aged 3 years, born Accrington, Lancashire, son of Henry and Nancy Pilkington.

1891 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 27, Patten Street - Thomas Pilkington, aged 13 years, born Accrington, Lancashire. [Thomas, with his brothers George, Joseph and sister Emma were lodging with Alexander and Mary Ann Whitehead.]

1901 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 8, Bedford Street - Thomas Pilkington, aged 23 years, born Accrington, Lancashire. [Thomas, with his brothers, George and Joseph were living with their sister, Emma and brother-in-law James W. Hardy.]

1911 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 30, Patten Street - Thomas Pilkington, aged 33 years, born Accrington, Lancashire. [Thomas was living with his sister, Emma and brother-in-law James William Hardy.]

The British Army Service Record for Thomas Pilkington exists but may be incomplete.

A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Photograph: ‘Burnley News’ (24 November 1917).

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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