204011, Private, Sidney Tall PINCHEON
Aged 28
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Born in Sculcoates, Hull in Q2-1891 [Sculcoates 9d:216], the son of Robert William and Ann Georgina PINCHEON (née WILSON) of 12
Story Street, Sculcoates, Hull
. 1901 census...Sidney Tall PINCHEON [9] was at 38 Clumber Street, Sculcoates, Hull with his mother Ann G.HUTTON [47] born Hull, his brother Wilson PINCHEON [19] and sisters Harriett [17] and Anne [13], all born in Hull. His mother had married Samuel Hutton in Q3-1900. His father Robert William PINCHEON appears to have been a seaman who died around the time of Sidney's birth and whose death is registered in Trieste. His step -father is not identified in this census. 1911 census...Sidney [20] was at the Green Dragon Inn, Melton, Yorkshire where his brother Wilson was the licensee. Also there were his mother (now using the PINCHEON surname again and described as a widow) and his sister Annie. The possible death of his stepfather has not been identified. Sidney married Eleanor M. LANGHAM in Newmarket. (Eleanor remarried in June 1920 to Walter H Knight) He enlisted in Newmarket. The Newmarket Journal of 24th May 1919 gives him as Lance Corporal PINCHEON and his wife was living at 2 Grafton Street, Newmarket. |
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This part of the front was thinly held by the British, with only 3 battalions in each brigade.
The morning of March 21st 1918 was shrouded in fog, assisting the Germans as they launched their 'Michael' offensive ( The Kaiserschlacht). At 8am "C" Company of the 1st Leicesters were placed at
the disposal of the 9th Norfolks on the right flank near the Lagnicourt Switch/Vaulx-Morchies line. The 9th Norfolks and the Sherwoods repulsed the 1st attack,
but by 5.35pm the whole sector was under intense pressure and the brigade fell back to the Vaulx-Morchies Line (just NE of Bapaume).
At this juncture the brigade was: 9th Norfolks - 120 All Ranks; 1st Leicesters - 330 All Ranks; 2nd Sherwood Foresters 120 All Ranks and a machine gun company.
At 4pm the next day a fighting withdrawal took place towards a position North of Beugny. At 8pm the remnants of the 71st Infantry Brigade occupied positions
to the rear of the 58th Brigade. On the morning of the 23rd March the three battalions of the brigade, 1st Leicesters, 9th Norfolks and 2nd
Sherwood Foresters, could muster no more than 11 Officers and 279 Other Ranks from a trench strength of 1,800 All Ranks on the morning of the 21st. 77 men of the 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment lost their lives on 21st March 1918, none have a known grave, all are commemorated on the Arras Memorial. |
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