Basic Details
Surname
Pickles
Forenames
L
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Lionel
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, with a child and worked at the Brighouse gasworks: he was also a member of the Borough Band Club. He enlisted in September 1914, was killed by shellfire on either the 8th or 9th of January, 1918, and this was the only one of the Calderdale memorials they catalogued that he was commemorated on.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
D of W Regt
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1918
Month of death
January
Age at death
34
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action