BORN HULL 1893. YOUNGEST SON OF CAPTAIN, WILLIAM HENRY PINCHON & ELIZA BOSTON PINCHON, OF 15, RYDE STREET, HULL, 60, PARK GROVE, HULL & “LEYS COTTAGE”, ATWICK ROAD, HORNSEA. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED FOR B. SMITH’S GROCERS BEFORE ENLISTING IN 1911. DESCIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34-35.5 INCH CHEST, NORMAL VISION, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS DRIVER, PINCHON, 873, NORTHUMBRIAN ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, ON THE 17/01/1911, AT THE AGE OF 17 AND 5 MONTHS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 1077, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND THEN TO THE 7TH LINCONSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/10/1918, AGED 25, AT NO:3 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL.
HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SERVANT OF GOD, WELL DONE”.
