Rfn. Josiah Pickering (Christmas Box, medals, identity discs and documentation).
Item
Title
Rfn. Josiah Pickering (Christmas Box, medals, identity discs and documentation).
Who?
Rifleman Josiah Pickering, S/6445, 2nd Rifle Brigade.
Item(s)
1914/15 Star, British War and Victory medals, identity discs, Certificate of Employment during the war, photographs.
Story
Josiah Pickering was born and lived in Stourport-on-Severn where, before the war, he worked in the local tin plate manufacturing industry.
He began his military service in November 1914, but was gassed and initially sent home.
He later served as a cook, a mess waiter and finally as an officer's batman until he left the Army in January 1919.
After the war, he became the landlord of the Rock Tavern in Stourport.
He began his military service in November 1914, but was gassed and initially sent home.
He later served as a cook, a mess waiter and finally as an officer's batman until he left the Army in January 1919.
After the war, he became the landlord of the Rock Tavern in Stourport.
When?
1914-19
Where?
France and Flanders.
Contributor
Sandra Powell
Collection Day
Stourport-on-Severn Library, 10th November, 2018.
This item was submitted on March 30, 2019