2120 Private Charles Pitchfork
17th Battalion London Regiment
Age 19
Died 2 December 1916
Buried at Railway Dugouts cemetery, Ypres
Son of Charles and Martha Elizabeth Pitchfork, of 35, Pell Street, St. George Street, London.
Despite his rural-sounding name, Private Pitchfork was a Londoner who joined the 17th Battalion London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).
He worked for Hanbury Truman brewers, possibly at the Grey Eagle Brewery on Brick Lane.
The Poplar and Stepney Rifles arrived in France in March 1915 and was engaged in the battle of Loos.
Drill Hall for the unit was at Tredegar Road, Bow, London. The building is long gone, though.
Monday, 30 November 2009
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