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Fus William Pierce
British Army 5th (Flintshire) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Rhyl
Pte. George Richard Piercy
British Army 2nd/5th Btn. B Coy. Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment
from:Hudersfield
(d.21st Jul 1918)
George Piercy served with B Coy. 2nd/5th Btn. Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment.
Pte. Bertram Pierrepont
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Ilkeston, Derbyshire
(d.26th Sep 1916)
L/Cpl. Frederick Pierson
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Capt. W. H.M. Pierson MC, CdG.
3rd Btn. att. 2nd Btn South Wales Borderers
(d.21st Nov 1917)
Captain W. H. M. Pierson, MC, CdG, seems to have sailed from Brazil to serve. He was born in 1881, in England, from what I have found, but is remembered in Sao Paulo, as a WW1 veteran and casualty. I do not know the causes of his dismise, but he was awarded the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre 14-18. He was killed on the 21st November 1917, 36 years old and is remembered at Marcoing Cemetery. RIP. I would like to obtain more details about him.
Pte. William Charles Pierson
British Army 1/5th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
from:Northfleet, Kent
William Charles Pierson was born in 1889 in Milton, the only child of Charles Pierson, a Cordwainer (Boot and Shoemaker) and Sarah Ann Buley. After working as a bricklayer he joined the army for a 4 year term on 6 March 1911 when he was 22. He joined the 1/5th Battalian, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) and served with them for 8 years, finally being discharged on 20 April 1919.
Having researched the Battalian here is a summary of their movements and events that I believe William Pierson was involved in: The 1/5th Battalian was formed in August 1914 in Ashford and on 29 October 1914 was sent to India. The Division was broken up on arrival in Bombay in December and this Battalian joined Jubbulpore Brigade in 5th (Mhow) Division which was a regular Division of the Indian Army and remained in India.
In November 1915 the Buffs then joined the 35th Brigade in 7th (Meerut) Division, another regular division of the Indian Army, and were sent to Mesopotamia in December 1915 after having spent some time in India. They landed at Basra on 31 December 1915. They went to Mesopotamia in order to relieve the forces besieged at Kut al Amara. Their first action was on 7 January 1916 when they lost 251 officers and men at Sheikh Saad on the northern bank of the Tigris. The battalion was reduced by half after an attempt to attack through floodwater and then they joined a flanking movement but were forced by the enemy to retreat. After another attempt to attack through floodwater they received the news on 29 April 1916 that Kut had fallen to the Turks.
The following month, in May 1916, the Brigade moved to the newly formed 14th (Indian) Division (which served in Mesopotamian until the Armistice on 31 October 1918). The Buffs then returned to action a few weeks later in December 1916 in the advance to Hai and in the clearing of Khadairi Bend. On 15 February the Buffs launched a successful attack at Dahra Bend pushing in a north easterly direction to the bank of the Tigris and broke the TurksĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢ defence lines capturing 1000 Turks who surrendered and having suffered 80 casualties. Dahra was finally taken on 16 February. The British recaptured Kut a few days later on the 24 February in the second battle of Kut after crossing the Tigris on 23 February. The troops then joined the March on Baghdad which resumed on 5 March 1917. Three days later they reached the Diyala River in the outskirts of the city after some exhausting marches and a few brief fights. After a sudden assault by the British on 10 March 1917 the Ottoman troops evacuated.
The Buffs reached the Iron Bridge at dawn on March 11 1917 and the 1/5 were ordered to lead the 35th Brigade across the river in a variety of native boats. They entered the citadel without a fight and hauled down the Turkish flag, and hoisted a Union Jack that today hangs on the wall of Canterbury Cathedral.
The Turks battled on and the 5th were kept marching and fighting them for another 9 months. In December 1917 they then returned to occupational duties having won honours. The Battalian had lost 689 men. The 1/5th Battalian Buffs remained in Mesopotamia until 31 October 1918. This information has been gathered from a variety of sources on the web and also from a Book about the East Kent Regiment.
Rfmn. Robert Piggin
British Army 7th Btn. Rifle Brigade
(d.8th Sep 1915)
Robert Piggin, enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 7th Battalion, the Rifle Brigade. He was killed in action on the 8th September 1915 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church He is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. His medal card shows the award of the 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals.
Robery was born in Jarrow 1885, the son of RoberArthur and Sarah Ann Piggin nee Nichols. He was married to Edith Piggin nee Messingham of Jarrow. In the 1911 census Robert(25), shipyard labourer and Edith (23)wife of 6 years are living at 19 Chaytor Street and have one son and two daughters. Several relatives and a boarder are also recorded at this address.
Capt. Francis John Piggott
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
from:59, Cremorne Rd., Cremorne, New South Wales
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Pte. Frank Piggott
British Army 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
from:94 Stanstead Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham
Pte. Horace Piggott
British Army 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment
(d.23rd Aug 1918)
Horace Piggott served with the 6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) during WW1 and was killed in action on the 23rd August 1918, aged 20. He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France.
Capt. John Piggott
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
from:Cremorne, Sydney, Australia
Pte. Bernard Pike
British Army 2nd Btn. B Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.3rd Feb 1915)
Pte. Clarence Cecil Pike
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 22nd DLI
2nd Lt. E. A. Pike
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Rflmn. James Pike
British Army 10th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Canning Town, London
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
James Pike is my great uncle. He died at the Battle of Guillemont and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. He was 20 years old when he died.
Rflmn. James Pike
British Army 10th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Canning Town
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
James Pike was my great uncle. He was killed in action at the Battle of Guillemont and is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial. He was 20 years old.
Rflmn. John Sidney Pike
British Army 18th Btn. London Regiment
from:Canning Town, London
(d.9th Jul 1917)
John Pike is my great-uncle and was 20 years old when he died of his wounds. He was buried at Bailleul Cemetary in Nord, France.
Pte. John Pike
British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Regiment
from:Brislington, Bristol
(d.30th Jun 1918)
John Pike is buried at Couin New British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Pte. John Harold Pike
British Army 8th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Brislington, Bristol
(d.30th June 1918)
John Pike was a member of the Brislington Company Church Lads' Brigade. He died on 30th of June 1918 and lies beside Edwin Padfield, his fellow CLB member from Brislington.
Leonard Brendan Pike
Royal Newfoundland Naval Reserve
from:St. Lawrence NL CA
Pte. William Vincent Pike
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Spr. Trenham Thomas Pilbin
British Army 90th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Darlington, Co Durham, England
(d.30th October 1917)
Pte. Thomas Pilch
British Army 4th Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:London England
(d.12th Oct 1917)
Buried at Tyne Cot Belgium
Pte Arthur James Pilcher
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:India
(d.8th February 1915)
Arthur Pilcher is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres, Belgium.
Mjr. Philip Henry Pilditch
British Army 235th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Weybridge
Philip Pilditch was my great uncle. He was one of the few who served from earliest days to the end and spent the majority of it in action. He changed batterys in the early days moving from 18th to 19th and 20th, and then spent time as a Artillery Brigade Adjutant. He then worked as a Captain and part time OC of C Batterym 235 Arty Bde. He wrote a diary throughout the war and had a few copies printed and bound later on. I have one of the copies. He was also a contributor to the 47th Divisional History
Philip was training to be an architect before the war (his father, my great-grandfather), had a very successful London practice at that time. As a result, he was asked to carry out a number of construction tasks for the brigade and also divisional artillery and kept notes of these as well as sketches some of which he included in the diary. examples included new gun-pit designs, emergency evacuation roads, dug-outs etc.
His diary is full of interesting comments and extraordinarily detailed accounts of daily life, most of which was spent either just behind the lines with the batteries, or in the lines as an OP.
Almost his final comment in the diary is his assessment, made after Armistice, that the three things he would be most pleased to get away from were the mud, the German shelling and the Staff !
Sgt. Bernard Pilkington
British Army Army Service Corps
I have been researching my Gt Grandfather Bernard Pilkington. In the 1901 UK Census he is described as a soldier clerk in the Army Service Corps. He is listed as born in Ireland, living at Aldershot Military in Stanhope and Wellington Lines, Hampshire, District Army Service Corps Cleaning Area, aged 20. In the 1911 census he was in Southampton.
In 1915 he was described as a Sergeant in the ASC(administration. Soon after 1915 he was stationed in France, and about 3 years later went to India.
This is all I know. It is not a lot but I would love more info or help on how to find out more. I have tried looking online and at Kew, but to no avail.
Spr. George William Pilkington
British Army Royal Engineers
George Pilkinton fought on the Somme and was gassed, leading to an honourable discharge.
Pte. Harry Pilkington
British Army 11th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley
(d.28th June 1918)
Harry Pilkington died of wounds on 28th June 1918, aged 19. He was the son of Albert James and Lucy Pilkington, of 70, Disraeli St., Burnley Harry enlisted in February 1917 and had been in France since September of the same year. His mother, Lucy, received the following letter from the Rev. Dennis Sudall, Army Chaplain;
"Dear Mrs Pilkington, I am more sad than I can say to hear the news that has just reached me, that your son, Pte. Harry Pilkington (30657), 11th East Lancashire Regiment, has died of his wounds in hospital. Our battalion made an attack on the morning of June 28th, and your boy was wounded early in the fight. We found him lying in a trench, and did all that we possibly could for him, getting him to the doctor, and we all hoped he would recover. He was one of the best, brightest, most splendid lads it has been my fortune to meet, and I personally feel that in losing him I have lost one of my greatest friends out here. For him I know we need not grieve, since we Christians do know that what seems to us to be death is in reality but the beginning of a fuller and freer life beyond the grave. I do know that your boy has already met the Saviour, whom he served so faithfully here on earth. I like to think that God needs lads like your son to teach others, who in this life have not had the chances he had of learning this exceeding love. He will no doubt in previous letters told you I prepared him for confirmation and he was confirmed. It is the greatest joy to me to think of that, and of the fact that just before the fight he and many others came to Holy Communion, which was celebrated in the corner of a field. Everyone was fond of him, as he never shirked anything, but gave all he had to give unselfishly and happily for us all, cheerful always in spite of adversity. I cannot say all that is in my heart, but I hope you realise what I really wish to convey to you. With my earnest prayers and sympathy, believe me, yours sincerely, Dennis Sudall, Army Chaplain."
Lt. John Oscar Pilkington
Royal Flying Corps 20 Squadron
from:Lathom, Lancashire
(d.6th Sep 1917)
Pte. Peter Pilkington
8th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire
from:Wigan
(d.21st May 1916)
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