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PICKERSGILL, Harry
![]() | Rank: Private Year of death: 1918 Date of birth: 1892 (Osset, Yorkshire) Date of death: 8 Oct 1918 Place of death: Service number: 240464 Regiment: Medals: Posthumously awarded the British and Victory Medals and the 1914/15 star to acknowledge his service overseas before 31 December 2015. Cemetery location: (Dean Road Section D border) (Ref DB30 Dove) Where remembered?: |
Biographical Information
1911 census Occupation Harrier (pit bottom) Ossett
According to information found (but not verified by researcher) Harry embarked for France on 18th April 1915, with the 1/15th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) service number 1985.
Parents – Fred (born Ossett) and Alice Pickersgill (born Wakefield) Brother Leonard b 1895 and sister Lilian b 1890
Inscription
Inscription “In loving memory of/Fred Pickersgill/dearly beloved husband of/Alice Pickersgill/who died March 4 1924 aged 58 years/also of Alice/wife of the above/who died December 2 1939/aged 73 years/”Reunited”/Also of HARRY son of the above/who died in Germany Oct 18 1918/aged 26 years.