BORN HULL 21/03/1897. SON OF EDMUND (TED) PINCHBECK (1863-1938) & SARAH ANNE ELLIOT (1867-1918), OF 62 , SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL AND WINTERBURN, ALBERTA, CANADA. FOURTH OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
HE LEFT ON THE S/S ‘BAVARIAN’ FROM LIVERPOOL, FOR HALIFAX, CANADA, ON 18/02/1904. HE WAS A PRINTER, WITH THE LAW STAITIONERS & UNMARRIED. HIS FATHER WAS FIRE RANGER AT WINTERBURN.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, DARK COMPLEXION, BLUE EYES AND BLACK HAIR. PRESBYTERIAN RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN EDMONTON, CANADA ON 18/09/1915. SERVED WITH THE 10TH ALBERTA REGIMENT, CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, KILLED IN ACTION WEST OF COURCELETTE, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
BY COINCIDENCE, PTE, ARTHUR PINCHBECK, 467271,10TH CEF, (NOT RELATED) WAS KILLED IN THE SAME ATTACK, ON THE 26/09/1916, AGED 20.
