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Private W Pollitt

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Private William POLLITT, G/10017, 11th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1916.

Born Rochdale, Lancashire, son of William & Emma Pollitt.

4th December 1910, Parish of Good Shepherd, Rochdale, Lancashire, William Pollitt, married Clara Russ, spinster.

1911 Census - 27 Selby Street, Rochdale, Lancashire - William Pollitt, head, age 22, married, cop packer, cotton operative, worker, born Rochdale, Lancashire; Clara Pollitt, wife, age 21, married under one year, slubber, cotton operative, worker, born Rochdale, Lancashire.

Children - Joan Pollitt, born 16th June 1915, Rochdale, Lancashire.

Enlisted Rochdale, Lancashire, age 27 years & 10 months, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 154lbs, tattoo left forearm. Resided 40 Oswald Street, Rochdale, Lancashire / 38 Oswald Street, Rochdale, Lancashire. Formerly cotton operative.

Home 3rd March 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 7th October 1916.

3rd March 1915, enlisted; 4th March 1915, posted 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Service No.3804; 2nd May 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 3rd May 1916, Havre.

30th April 1917, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow & one child.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.