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Joseph Picking

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Picking
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 22
Address
Parents' Address Bell House, Whitley Park / 7 Oxford St, Castle Hill, Hindley
Township Wigan
Rank Guardsman
Occupation or place of work Employed at Pearson & Knowles Kirkless Hall Farm
Regiment Coldstream Guards 2nd Batt
Day of Death 16
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Guards cemetery, Lesboeufs
Regiment Number 15051
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Ref: CWGC, WE 21/10/16
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth