Pinchon, Gordon

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. 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, 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”.


First name:
GORDON
Military Number:
44071
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/10/1918
Place died:
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France
Age:
25
60 , PARK GROVE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK