Private Alfred Pinkney
Private Alfred Pinkney
Army Number : 71184
Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Derby. Derby. Son of Alfred and Hannah Pinkney, of 2, Bedford Square, Hyson Green, Nottingham. Husband of Ethel Pinkney, of 13, Searl Street, Derby. He was a boiler maker prior to enlisting at Derby. He died of wounds 5th August 1917, age 30.
Buried/Commemorated : Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Plot 20. Row O. Grave 20.
Private Alfred Pinkney is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Anne’s Church War Memorial, Derby.
St. John’s Church War Memorial, Derby.
His brothers Private Joseph Pinkney, 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and Private Lawrence Pinkney, 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.