BORN HULL 1881. SON OF CHARLES HENRY PICKERSGILL (1848-1900) & ELIZA JANE KELL (1853-1894). BROTHER TO GEORGE, ALICE AND MARY, LIVING AT 61 SEVERN STREET, HULL. A LABOURER HE HAD ALSO BEEN A TIME EXPIRED SOLDIER, WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 34.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATOO ON RIGHT FOREARM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/10/1914. HE MARRIED ANNIE PULLON (1890-1926), AT HULL, IN DECEMBER 1914. THEY HAD QUARRELLED BEFORE HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 19/05/1915. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD, ON 02/06/1915. REPATRIATED TO ENGLAND. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 17/07/1915, AT QUARRY PLACE MILITARY HOSPITAL, SHREWSBURY. HE WAS AGED 34. HIS WIDOW ANNIE WAS BY HIS SIDE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 290 DAYS AND BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 33 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW AND DAUGHTER, LILIAN. SHE MARRIED CAPTAIN SAM KERSHAW, OF THE 5TH EYR CYCLISTS, IN 1919. AND LIVED AT 8 PROSPECT PLACE, DRYPOOL. HULL.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/07/1915. *
HE IS BURIED AT SHREWSBURY GENERAL CEMETERY, SHROPSHIRE
