Pinkus Schleifstein

Private Pinkus Schleifstein, who served as Robert Marks, was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born c. 1895, in Mile End, the son of German-born parents Aaron, a general dealer by trade, and Paula Schleifstein.
Schleifstein died on 28 August 1918, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, while serving with the 38th (Jewish) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). That night, Schleifstein had set out on a patrol, comprising one serjeant and five other privates, towards Turkish trenches situated near Umm-esh-Shert. Schleifstein was shot and wounded during its execution, but was brought back to British lines by a Private Gordon while under a heavy fire. The patrol resulted in the capture of a Turkish soldier, but Schleifstein succumbed to his wounds. He had been with the 38th for just three days and had previously served in France,Patterson, J.H. (1922), With the Judeans in the Palestine Campaign, pp 108-9. with the 2/15th Londons.
He is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Schleifstein, Pinkus, cwgc.org. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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