Pickford Henry Pte 4457962
Personnel Entry
Name Pickford Henry
Army number 4457962
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 24/10/1918 at Spennymoor, County Durham. Mother's maiden surname Hepple.
Age 62 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Autumn 1939. Posted probably to the 9th Battalion DLI. Posted probably to the 12th Battalion DLI on embodiment - 1st 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 was 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 HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known, but possibly Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Camp Number initially Stalag XXA, then Stalag XXB from 7/10/1941. Prisoner of War Number 6953.
Died/Killed in action Died April 1981 aged 62.
Home address Worked as a heavy labourer in a Brickworks. 1939 General Register showed he lived at 139, Durham Rd. Spennymoor, with his Father - William Arthur Pickford and his Mother Esther M Pickford - nee Hepple. In the Register entry he is not shown as being in the Forces so he probably enlisted in Autumn 1939 - this correlates with his Regimental Number. Married Maria Szoltun in 1947.
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