BORN FLLETWOOD, LANCASHIRE, 1898. SON OF JOHN HENRY AND GRACE PICKERING, OF 14, ALBANY TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3427, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1916, AGED 18.
HIS MOTHER WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, OF 5 SHILLINGS, ON THE 6TH NOVEMBER 1918.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL MEMORIAL. Hull Daily Mail 03 November 1917
BURIED AT BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3427
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/09/1916
Place died:
Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
18
