Midland Officers Killed: Second-Lieutenant R. P. Pinsent: Much sympathy will be felt with Mr. and Mrs. Hume C. Pinsent, of Foxcombe Hill, near Oxford, formerly of Harborne, Birmingham, on the loss of their younger son. Second Lieutenant Richard Parker Pinsent, who was killed in action in France the 10th inst. Born in I894, the young officer was educated at St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne, and Marlborough. In October 1913, he went up to Balliol College, Oxford, where he had obtained an exhibition in chemistry. On the outbreak of war, he joined a training camp, and in the following month obtained commission in the 10th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He went to France with his battalion in July last.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
GRO0740 Devonport: Richard Parker Pinsent: 1894 – 1915