Private 11652 James Moon PICKERING

Private 11652 James Moon Pickering{gallery}Pte J M Pickering{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Killed in action in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, France and Flanders, 15th September 1916

• Buried: Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France. Grave VII.P.8
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Mary Pickering
  
• Husband of Edith Louisa Pickering [nee Jordan]. Married Oct Qtr 1915
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Pickering
• Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs
• Coldstream Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1891 at Chilvers Coton
  
• Lived at 142 Tomkinson Road, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a loader in coal mine [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Entered Theatre on 22 Jan 1915