The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A H Pickard

Private Alfred Henry PICKARD, 206366, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1st London Regiment, Service No.59164 / Hussars of the Line, Service No.255888/ TR/10/021517 ), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917, age 21.

Born Queenborough, Leicestershire, son of George and Alice E Pickard, of Sandford Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire.

1911 Census - Sandford Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire - George Pickard, head, age 40, married, baker, own account, born Syston, Leicester; Alice Pickard, wife, age 37, married 16 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Leicester; Harry / Henry? Rickard, son, age 14, school, born Queenborough, Leicestershire; Ewart Pickard, son, age 12, school, born Queenborough, Leicestershire; Madge Pickard, daughter, age 11, school, born Queenborough, Leicestershire.

Enlisted Leicester, Leicestershire, age 19 years & 7 months, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 140lbs, fair complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair, moles on neck, scars on both arms. Formerly baker.

Home 20th May 1915 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

20th May 1915, enlisted & posted 3/1st Leicester Yeomanry, Service No.3211; 12th June 1915, transferred; 4th June 1917, posted; 1st September 1917, transferred to 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers;12th October 1917, posted BEF & embarked; 13th October 1917, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, 39 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 14th October 1917 transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

26th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, George Pickard, Sandford Road, Syston, Leicester; Alice Pickard, Sandford Road, Syston, Leicester; Brothers - Ewart Rickard, age 21, Sandford Road, Syston, Leicester; Sisters - Marjorie Pickard, age 20, Sandford Road, Syston, Leicester.

Buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, L. D. 13., Belgium.

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