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Military service
Service number:
2380278
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Birth:
June 8, 1895
Humberstone, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 21, 1918
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 17, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George H. and Ellen Pilling, of 729, Elgin Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Brother of Private Arthur Albright Pilling, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Harold Hudson Pilling
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Photo of Harold Hudson Pilling
University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 23) - "PILLING, Harold Hudson: B.A. 1917; Pte. 1st Man. Depot Battn.; Transferred to 44th Battn.; Service in France; Killed in Action 27-9-18." -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Hudson Pilling
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Hudson Pilling
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Hudson Pilling
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Hudson Pilling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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