PICKERSGILL, Harry

Rank: Private

Year of death: 1918

Date of birth: 1892 (Osset, Yorkshire)

Date of death: 8 Oct 1918

Place of death:
Buried in Lidzbark Warminski cemetery. Died in Heilsburg POW camp. Then located in East Prussia, now Poland. One of ‘Heilsberg 39’
According to research detailed at www.osset.net he is likely to have been taken prisoner on 27th May 1918 during the third Battle of the Aisne.

Service number: 240464

Regiment:
5th Battalion Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own) Enlisted at Scarborough. Service no. 1985
Later, 1/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) service no 240464

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?:
GWGC 28 Lidzbark Warminski War Cemetry
Malbork Memorial in Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland.
Roll of Honour www.osset.net
Heislberg 39