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Lance Corporal HENRY WATKIN PICKERING

Service Number: 30956
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTE-DE-PARIS CEMETERY, CAMBRAI

II. B. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Sophia Pickering; husband of Harriet Carrington (formerly Pickering), of 44, Dark Lane, Batley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

PORTE-DE-PARIS CEMETERY, CAMBRAI
Nord France
Number of casualties: 119
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