Pickford, James Henderson –

Son of Dr. James Shaw Pickford, medical officer to the Little Lever District Council, and of Florence Pickford, of Sunny Bank, Little Lever, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School. Formerly Bombardier 69159, 126 Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Wounded by a shell in the right arm and hospitalised in France September 1916. Commissioned 26/03/1917.

Personal details

  • Surname: Pickford
  • Forename: James Henderson
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Little Lever, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lieutenant
  • Unit: Not known
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Chronicle: 27/10/1916 03/11/1916
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 06/07/1917

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