BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ARTHUR & LOUISA POCKLINGTON. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN SAXIBY MILLS, LINCS. AN ASSISTANT IN MILL. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4432, 2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/02/1917, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HE LEFT £62 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, ARTHUR, WHO WAS ALSO A MILLER.
| Name | Thomas Pocklington |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorkshire, 1891 |
| Residence | Saxilby Mills, Lincolnshire |
| Death Date | 15 Feb 1917 |
| Death Place | Thiepval Memorial, France |
| Enlistment Place | Lincoln |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2 5th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 4432 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
4432
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/02/1917
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
26
