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Pte. Samuel Pinder
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.7th Oct 1918)
Samuel Pinder, served in the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment after previous service in the Yorkshire Regiment as Private 39096 and died on the 7th October 1918. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Browns Copse Cemetery, Roex. His medal card shows the award of the British War and Victory Medals.
Samuel was born in Jarrow 1897, son of John Robert and the late Agnes Allan Pinder nee Holliday of 10 Ellison Place, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family was living at that address with John Robert (37), a house and ship painter and decorator, his wife Agnes Allan (36) of 18 years and their 5 surviving children of 7 born. William Bowes is the eldest son and at 17 the only child working - as a grocer's assistant. Samuel (13) and his 3 younger brothers are at or below school age.
