BORN ASHTON UNDER LYNE, LANCASHIRE 1884. SON OF SARAH ANN “ANNIE” THOMAS (1870-1930) & JOSEPH HENRY (HARRY) PICKERING (1874-1956), OF 222 DANSOM LANE.
HE MARRIED MARY JANE STANFORD, AT TOXTETH, LIVERPOOL, ON 14/01/1904, AGED 19. HIS WIFE, MARY JANE LIVED IN LIVERPOOL.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR.
Thames SS was a British Steam Coaster of 403 tons built in 1910 by Goole SB. & Repg. Co., Ltd., Goole for Dale Coasters, Ltd. (Lythgoe, Amundsen & Co.), Hull (Newcastle). She was listed as missing on the 14th August 1917 when carrying a cargo of pig iron from Middleborough to Fecamp. She was sunk by german submarine UC-63 by gunfire and lost with all 12 hands.
1. CARLING, JOHN GATENBY (51), Master, Father of Mrs. K. G. Hardie, of 249, Whitehall Rd., Gateshead, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. ERSKINE, JOHN CHARLES (34), First Engineer, Husband of Louisa Erskine, of 30, Eastfield St., Sunderland. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. HUNTER, JAMES (51), Fireman, Husband of Annie Hunter, of 23, Maltings Rigg, Sunderland. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
4. MACLEAY, DONALD (26), Leading Seaman (no. 8093A), Son of Mr. and Mrs. John MacLeay, of Letters, Lochbroom, Rossshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
5. PESCOD, WILLIAM GEORGE (43), Fireman, Son of the late Robert and Jane Pescod. Born at Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. PICKERING, ERNEST GEORGE (32), Second Engineer, Son of Annie Pickering and the late Joseph Henry Pickering; husband of Mary Jane Pickering (nee Stanford), of 7, Althorp St., Liverpool. Born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
7. PLASCOS (35), Able Seaman, Born in Spain, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
8. ROSSER, ARTHUR BREW (24), Cook, Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rosser (nee Brew), of 43, Bundoran Rd., Aigburth, Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
9. ROSSER, BENJAMIN (26), Mate, Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rosser (nee Brew), of 43, Bundoran Rd., Aigburth, Liverpool. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
10. SIERRA , Able Seaman, SS Thames, Born in Spain, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
11. SIMPSON, RICHARD (19), Able Seaman, Son of Ralph and Christina Simpson, of 42, Edith Street, Tynemouth, North Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
12. WRIGHT, SAMUEL (42), Second Mate, (Served as MACDONALD). Son of the late Samuel and Charlotte Wright; husband of Honor Wright (nee Feeney), of 10, Villiers St. Sunderland. Born in Ireland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
