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WILLIAM PICKERING
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Rank
Corporal
Regiment
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY 35TH HEAVY BATTERY H BATTERY
Military Number
17664
Address
Spring Street
Kingston upon Hull HU2
England
Kingston upon Hull HU2
England
Background
BORN HULL. MARRIED ELIZA OLIVER AT HULL IN 1909. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ELIZA (LATER SMITH), AND DAUGHTER, DORIS, AT THIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS 1918 ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 17644, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/08/1918. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT WOOD CEMETERY, MARCELCAVE.
Date Died
19/08/1918
Died
Wood Cemetery, Marcelcave, Somme France
Memorial
Hangard 80110
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France
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