Only son of William F. and Louisa Pickering, of 352, Willows Lane, Deane, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly Private, 5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Commissioned December 1916.
Pickering, Freeman –
Personal details
- Surname: Pickering
- Forename: Freeman
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 32
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: October 10th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 4th (Regular Extra Reserve) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Not known
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: Not known
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
- CWGC reference: III. E. 110.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 19/10/1917 07/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d 6c* S10*
- Bolton Chronicle: 19/10/1917