Pickard George Hubert Pte 4459407
Personnel Entry
Name Pickard George Hubert
Army number 4459407
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties 20/5/42 (The date of death is 20/5/40, although notification of the death was delayed for two years).
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 13, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. No headstone inscription.
Home address No family information as yet.
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