Lance Corporal Edward Pickering
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1885-04-18
Place of birth:
Next of kin: John Pickering (father), 25 Addisson Rd., Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Brunswick Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 148442
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack southwest of Givenchy. Previously reported missing, now killed in action
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 561774
LAC ID:
574110
Service file: B7812-S045
Uploader's Notes: Son of John and Isabella Pickering of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-08