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.
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.
The Tobermore War Memorial Facebook page identifies Fusilier William Pickering.
