We remember William Pickering

We remember William Pickering

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Timeline

Timeline

1888
sibling John Pickering Source:8976964 1888
1890
sibling Mary Pickering Source:8976964 1890
1892
birth Lostock Gralam, Cheshire United Kingdom Source:7062587 Source:8976966 1892
1896
sibling Samuel Pemberton Pickering Source:8976964 1896
1898
sibling Jane Pickering Source:8976964 1898
1914
enlistment Northwich, Cheshire United Kingdom Source:8976964 3rd September 1914
1914
service British Army Privatte 14735 Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion Source:8976964 12th September 1914
1914
employment Railway Clerk United Kingdom Source:8976964 September 1914
1915
service British Army Lance Corporal 14735 Cheshire Regiment Source:8976954 25th September 1915
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8976964 25th September 1915 - 9th July 1916
service British Army Serjeant 14735 Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion Source:7062587
1916
death Died of wounds Wounded in action in France 3.7.16. Extensive shell/gunshot wound left shoulder - multiple haemorrhages. Died 9.30 p.m. 15.7.16 Kent and Canterbury Hospital United Kingdom Source:8976964 15th July 1916
burial Northwich Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Cheshire United Kingdom N.C. 927 Source:7062587

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William
Initials W
Last Name Pickering
Source 3511980
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 14735 Cheshire Regiment Lance Corporal
British Army 14735 Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion Serjeant
British Army 14735 Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion Privatte
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Jane Pickering mother
William Pickering father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Pickering brother 1888
Mary Pickering sister 1890
Samuel Pemberton Pickering brother 1896
Jane Pickering sister 1898

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription R58235
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription R58235

External Evidence

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MIC image (Ancestry) R58235

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Cheshire Regiment R58235

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