PAILTHORPE Alexander Frank

  • First Name(s):
    Alexander 
    Frank 
  • Surname:
    PAILTHORPE
  • Service Number:
    77340
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Manitoba Regiment
  • Battalion:
    16th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th August 1915
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Belgium, Grave I. B. 16.
  • Place of Birth:
    Sutton, Surrey
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edward and Lavinia Pailthorpe.

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PAILTHORPE Alexander Frank Is Named On These Memorials

Evesham War Memorial

Further Information About PAILTHORPE Alexander Frank

Alexander Frank Pailthorpe was born at Sutton, Surrey on 25th June 1884, the son of Edward and Lavinia Pailthorpe. In 1911 Alexander resided at Briarlea, Evesham and prior to enlisting he was employed as a fruit grower.

The following information has been researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor:
Alexander Pailthorpe enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 17th November 1914 at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 25th June 1884 at Sutton, Surrey, England, his next of kin as Miss G.W. Pailthorpe, 10 Oxford Rd, Southport, Lancs and his occupation as a Gentleman. Alexander was 5 feet 9½ inches tall with brown hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion.

He sailed from Canada with his unit on 23rd February 1915 and embarked at Southampton for overseas service on 26th April 1915. Among his service papers and Assigned Pay sheet records for the payment of £20.00 a month from July 1915 to September 1915 inclusive to Miss Edith M. Burlingham, Lansdowne, Evesham, Worcestershire. The payments ceased after he was killed.

The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) records the following information on Private Alexander Frank Pailthorpe:
“Killed in Action”
Whilst sniping over the parapet of a trench South West of Messines, an enemy shell passed overhead, he turned to see where it exploded and in doing so exposed himself, and was hit in the head and killed by a rifle bullet.

The following information is courtesy and copyright of Richard Pailthorpe, great nephew of Alexander:
Alexander Pailthorpe was known as Frank to the family. He had 8 brothers and one sister, Grace, who became a doctor in WW1 and then a surrealist artist. Grace never married. The family were brought up in Redhill, Surrey. Frank worked as a market gardener in Evesham before emigrating to Canada in 1912. He was only a lodger at Briarlea. The family moved from Redhill, Surrey to Lancashire in 1904.

Frank’s youngest brother, Laurence Stewart Pailthorpe was killed in action on the 3rd June 1918 whilst serving with the London Regiment (Artist Rifles).

Alexander Frank Pailthotpre, courtesy & copyright of Richard Pailthorpe

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Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby. Additional research by Sandra Taylor and Richard Pailthorpe. Photographs Courtesy & Copyright of Richard Pailthorpe.