Basic Details
Surname
Pickering
Forenames
William Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
28374
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 1 Sweet Briar Walk.

(CWGC records that Private William Henry Pickering, regimental number 28374, died aged 43 on 21/6/1917 serving in 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave XV.E.16A at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium. They record him as the son of Harriet E Pickering of 1 Sweet Briar Walk, Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died at No 17 Casualty Clearing Station; his mother Harriet was his legatee. William's birth was registered in Peterborough in 1878. His baptism as the son of Harriet Elizabeth and Samuel Pickering was recorded in the Baptism register of St John's Church Peterborough on 15/12/1878. On the 1911 census he and his mother had been lodging at 5 Neville Place, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not stated
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
June
Day of death
21
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
1, SWEET BRIAR WALK
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial