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Harry Pilling

Details

Forename Harry
Surname Pilling
Middle Name
Memorial Ashton Cenotaph
Age
Address 8 Flora Street, Ashton
Parents' Address as above
Township Ashton-in-Makerfield
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work
Regiment King's Own Scottish Borderers 8th Batt
Day of Death 25
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action in France
Place of Burial Philosophe british Cemetery, Mazingarbe
Regiment Number 15483
Name of War First World War
Location Wigan
Additional Information First soldier to be killed in his battalion
Son of George
1 of 3 brothers on active service

Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 20/11/15