World War I

Death Penny

In memory of

Private Harold Arthur Pickett

Service number G/20919

8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Died 29/07/1917

Age 19

Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Initials: H A

Full Name: HAROLD ARTHUR PICKETT

Date Of Birth: 1898

Age: 19

Birth Place: WOOD GREEN, MIDDLESEX.

Nationality: British

Resided Place: TOTTENHAM, MIDDLESEX.

Date Of Death: 29 Jul 1917

Fate: Killed in Action

Information: SON OF CHARLES AND EMMA PICKETT, OF 230, LANGHAM RD., WEST GREEN, TOTTENHAM, LONDON.

Rank Name: Private

Service Number: G/20919

Duty Location: France And Flanders

Died in Active Service: Yes

Service: British Army

Regiment: Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Battalion: 8th Battalion

Conflict Period: World War I

Served For: United Kingdom

During the war many soldiers gave the ultimate sacrifice:

‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them’

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