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PITTOCK Herbert Frank Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21514
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- SKR/DAT/IP/21514
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- PITTOCK Herbert Frank Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: PITTOCK;
Forename(s): Herbert Frank;
Initials: HF;
Rank: Lieut;
Previous Number: 1696;
Previous Battalion: 16 of;
Previous Regiment: London Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 52 Bn;
Date abroad: 01-Nov-1914;
Theatre of War: 1;
Discharge Date: 25-Sep-1916;
How killed: D;
Where: UK;
When killed: 27-Aug-1919;
Other Data: born 1/2/1893 at Deal, Kent. Educ Sir Roger Manwood's Grammar School. Insurance Clerk. Father William Pittock (master Tailor) of 33 High St, Deal. Mother Mary Louisa (nee Gibbs). Served as Rfn 1696 Q Westminster Rif. BEF 1/11/14 - 24/3/16. To Mil Hosp Eastbourne, tubercle of lung. Posted 3rd line unit UK. 30/3/16 - declared fit. Casualty Form - disembarked Alexandria 21/3/18 (HT Canberra), 22/3/18 arrived Hilmiah. 26/3/18 posted to 155 Coy EEF. 10/4/18 embarked HT Malwa at Alexandria. Disembarked Marseilles 17/4/18 - 52 Bn. 26/10/18 leave to UK. 7/11/18 Medical Board ordered. Demobilised April 1919 and died 27/8/1919 sarcoma of mesentery (6 months) at St Johns, 28 Manor Rd, Bexhill. Next of kin: Mrs CM Pittock (widow). Estate £577-15-3d
1914 Star roll - Commsn 25/09/1916;
Other Notes: PITTOCK, Lieutenant, HERBERT FRANK, Machine Gun Corps. 27th August 1919. Age 26. Son of William and Louisa Pittock; husband of Cecilia Mary Pittock, of 28. Manor Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. Born at Deal. C. C. N2. Bexhill Cemetery - Sussex, United Kingdom;
Related National Archives files: WO339/78981;
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- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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PITTOCK Herbert Frank Lieut