BORN SUTTON ON HULL 1881. SON OF WILLIAM PINKNEY (1823-1894) & ANN ROBSON (1847-1903), 6 ROSE VILLA, MIDDLEBURG STREET. EMPLOYED AS A MILL HAND. HE MARRIED MARGARET LOUISA GILL(1875-1953), IN 1902 AND THEY LIVED IN SUTTON.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 2ND/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED AT ARRAS ON 03/05/1917 , AGED 36. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND SEVEN CHILDREN.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL WITH HIS BROTHER, SAPPER, GEORGE PINKNEY, RE’S WHO DIED ON 18/10/1918, AGED 39.
HIS ELDEST SON, FRANK PINKNEY, DIED AT SEA, DURING, WW2, ON 05/02/1943, AGED 40 AND IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL AMEMORIAL
First name:
WALTER ROBSON
Military Number:
242792
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
36
