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7011661   Fusilier William Pickering
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Dated added: 04/09/2016   Last updated: 13/04/2020
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (British Army)
Died: 27/05/1940 (Unknown)
Age: 38
Summary      
William Pickering was born about 1902. Fusilier William Pickering was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers when he died on 27th May 1940. He was 38 years old. The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk.
Further Information
William Pickering was born about 1902.
Fusilier William Pickering was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers when he died on 27th May 1940. He was 38 years old.
Fusilier William Pickering is buried in Bus House Cemetery in Belgium. He was buried there and not reinterred.
Fusilier William Pickering - Bus House Cemetery
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. A number were killed during the battle on the Ypres-Comines canal and were originally buried where they died, but in 1941 their graves were brought in from sites scattered throughout the commune for reburial in this cemetery.
Fusilier William Pickering is commemorated locally on Tobermore War Memorial.
Fusilier William Pickering is also commemorated on Aboyne War Memorial in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Fusilier William Pickering - Aboyne WW2 War Memorial
Aboyne WW2 War Memorial
The Tobermore War Memorial Facebook page identifies Fusilier William Pickering.
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Relevant Magherafelt Area Locations
No Location Region Location Notes Longtitude Latitude
1 Tobermore area Tobermore Tobermore area 54.813650 -6.714914
References and Links
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1 Aboyne War Memorial Photo of memorial
2 BillionGraves.com Photo of Fusilier William Pickering's grave
3 Facebook - Tobermore War Memorial Reference to Fusilier William Pickering
4 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Fusilier William Pickering's grave can be purchased here
5 War Memorial - Aboyne Fusilier William Pickering listed on memorial
Magherafelt District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2014-2023