Pickford Henry Pte 4457962

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Name Pickford Henry
Army number 4457962
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyong Service Awards.
Date of birth 24/10/1918 at Spennymoor, County Durham. Mother's maiden surname Hepple.
Age (At the time of his death)
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939. Posted probably to the 9th Battalion DLI. Posted probably to the 12th Battalion DLI on embodiment - September 1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Captured at Ficheux 20/5/1940 and made a Prisoner of War (capture card dated 9/6/1940). Repatriated to the UK in 1945. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) on 13/1/46.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Camp Number initially Stalag XXA, then Stalag XXB from 7/10/1941. Prisoner Number 6953.
Died/Killed in action
Home address 139, Durham Rd. Spennymoor. Father - William Arthur Pickford.
Source table 1TS