Born: 5 July 1917, Shipley
Died: 30 April 1918
Buried:
Address: Cliff Villas, Otley Road, Shipley
Parents: William Bates Pimlott & Helen
Spouse:
Siblings:
Occupation:
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: St Paul’s, Shipley; St Peter’s, Shipley; Bradford Grammar School; Jerusalem Memorial
Children:
Regiment: London Scottish
William Leslie M Pimlott
Pte Leslie Pimlott, London Scottish, only son of the
late Mr W B Pimlott, M.A., a former headmaster of
the Saltaire High School and founder and head of
the Saltaire Grammar school, and of Mrs Pimlott of
Cliff Villa, Otley Road, Shipley, was killed in action
on 20th April.
At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the
Volunteers and a few weeks before his nineteenth
birthday he enlisted.
He was educated at the Bradford Grammar School.
Pte Pimlott had seen service on several fronts and
had only just re-joined his battalion after a third
attack of fever when he was killed.
A cousin, Lieut Wylie, youngest son of the late Dr Wylie, His Majesty’s
Inspector of Schools in the Bradford district, has also fallen in the war/
Shipley Times & Express 24 May 1918
