Basic Details
Surname
Pilling
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He worked as a weaver (and as a ticket collector at the Hebden Bridge Royal Theatre), was living in Hebden Bridge and was engaged to a Miss C Clearly before he enlisted in February 1916. He was briefly promoted to Lance Corporal but reverted when he was assigned to an active battalion where he served as a platoon runner. He was not found commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial but is on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Year of death
1918
Month of death
July
Day of death
14
Age at death
24
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action