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. WAS A PRINTER. UNMARRIED. HE ENLISTED IN EDMONTON, CANADA ON 18/09/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, DARK COMPLEXION, BLUE EYES AND BLACK HAIR. PRESBYTERIAN RELIGION. SERVED WITH THE 10TH ALBERTA REGIMENT, CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, KILLED IN ACTION WEST OF COURCELETTE, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 19.
BY COINCIDENCE, PTE, ARTHUR PINCHBECK, 467271,10TH CEF, (NOT RELATED) WAS KILLED IN THE SAME ATTACK ON THE 26/09/1916, AGED 20.
