BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF HARRY & ALICE PICKARD, OF 5 PITT STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL & LATER, 22, HAMLYN DRIVE, ANLANY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). ELDEST BROTHER TO HERBERT, HARRY AND ALICE. A FITTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/07/1913, BEFORE WAR BEGAN AGED 17 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 11 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. TRAINED AT PLYMOUTH AND TYNEMOUTH AS SAPPER, 472242, WITH THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 35472, 7TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT, ON 13/09/1917. SHOT IN THE SPINE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 12/10/1917, AGED 21, AT 59 GENERAL HOSPITAL, ST OMER, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, HARRY.
HE IS BURIED AT LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
| Name | Walter Edmond Pickard |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | St. Jude’s, Hull, 1896 |
| Death Date | 12 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull 14/07/1913 |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Battalion | 7th (Service) Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 35472 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 472242, Royal Engineers. |
