Amos Pillinger
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sergeant 5789
Parents: Harriet and Aaron Pillinger
Marital status: Married
Home address: Mount Hill, Court, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Insurance Saleman
Date of birth: 10/10/1880
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 30/07/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 36
Further information:
Amos was born in St George in Bristol, the son of a coal miner and a middle child of ten with six brothers and three sisters. Amos married Mabel Bryant in 1912 and together they had one child Donald Roy.
Amos served with the 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, his regiment mobilised to France in July of 1915 and took part in various actions on the Western Front including the Battle of Loos in September 1915. Amos was killed in action in The Battle of Pozières (23 July – 3 September 1916) which took place in France around the village of Pozières, during the Battle of the Somme. The fighting ended with the British in possession of the plateau north and east of the village at the cost of 23,000 allied casualties. The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, where Amos is remembered, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who have no known grave and over 90% of whom lost their lives during the Battle of the Somme.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/