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Eric (Stansclaw/Stanley?) Pickering -
Counted in 1911 Census of Tudhoe, aged 24 (there were 3 households of Pickerings then, Eric lived with Margaret C. Pickering (59)).
Counted in 1901 Census of Tudhoe, aged 14 (so born 1887).
Some press clippings here, spotted by John & Jim Grainger:
27th March 1915, "Pte E Pickering Durham Light Infantry 1/6th Battalion died of wounds. Parents lived The Green, Tudhoe Village. He was 28 years of age and was buried at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery."The Roll of Honour tells us that Eric Pickering was 6/2891, C Coy, 1ST/6TH Bn, DLI - died 27/04/1915. {Note a possible error in the month in the press report.}
Click here to see his entry on CWGC, where we also read that he died on 27/04/1915. He was the son of Edmund and Margaret C. Pickering of The Green, Tudhoe.
Eric was buried at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery (plot I. D. 30), Northern France, which was near a Casualty Clearing Station (CCS).
He was also remembered on the Spennymoor Memorial.
Pickering family:
A possible family member here, mentioned in the Durham Chronicle of 21/6/1915, "Wounded in action Pte T. Pickering of Tudhoe Village." But, curiously, the other Pickering son mentioned on the Tudhoe War Memorial was Pte M. Pickering (returned home, not killed).
2 comments:
The date of 27th March is certainly wrong as the battalion did not not proceed to France until 19th/20th April 1915.
Eric Pickering was one of approx 50 men of the 6th DLI who died at the 2nd battle of Ypres on April 1915 or of wounds shortly afterwards.
Most of the men were killed or wounded on the 26th April so its quite possible the wounds he died of were taken on the 26th April 1915.
Eric enlisted at Spennymoor , most likely between 13 Oct 1914 and 15 Oct 1914. Some information on him and the battalion can be found on sites at durhamlightinfantry.wordpress.com and www.durhamlightinfantry.net(still being updated)
I cam across Eric whilst researching these ancestors who came from in and around Tudhoe. Eric died of his wounds on April 26th 1915 in or around a place called Verlorenhoek (literally forgotten corner)
a facsimile diary can be found at
http://www.scribd.com/doc/87571213/6th-Durham-Light-Infantry-War-Diary-v2
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