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• Name PICKLES
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Bradford
• Country Yorks, England
• Family Son of James and Lavinia Picides
• Extra info Husband of Lillian Pickles, of 918, Main St., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 24 December 1914, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Service number A/40145
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Western Canada (Saskatchewan) Cavalry
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded He was in the front line trench held by his Battalion on 17th April, 1916, and having been detailed for duty with a tunnelling Company was going out of the trench when he fell, hit by a sniper's bullet.
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wound in the head at n°10 CCS.
• Date of death 19 April 1916
• Died at the age of 37
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - C - 13

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