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Percy PICKETT (1882-1961)

Name: Percy PICKETT1
Sex: Male
Father: Walter PICKETT (1844-1930)
Mother: Elizabeth HAYSOM (1844-1937)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 13 Nov 1882 Hampstead, London, England
39 Fleet Road, Hampstead
Baptism 6 Dec 1882 (age 0) Hampstead, London, England
39 Fleet Road, Hampstead
At At Saviour's Hampstead
Education 26 Jan 1891 (age 8) Latchmere School Wandsworth; Wandsworth, London, England2
25 Kandahar Road
Census 5 Apr 1891 (age 8) Battersea, London, England3
29 Mantua Street, Battersea
Occupation 5 Apr 1891 (age 8) Scholar; Battersea, London, England3
Enlisted (Military) 28 Oct 1916 (age 33)
67 Sistova Rd Balham
Called up to join 4th Bn East Surrey Regiment. Transferrd on 3 May 1917 to 2/1st Royal Wilts Yeomanry. November 1917 Compulsorily transferred to the Labour Corps, and posted to No 597 (H.S) Emp Coy Warley, then to Clacton 9 Nov 1917 ransferred to 5th Bn Rifle Brigade, Eastchurch 27/6/1918.. Discharged 2/1/19 as physically unfit - double hernia and bad teeth. Heart and lungs normal, but bad teeth deteriorated to pyorrhaea. pale, emaciated teeth defective, and has lost flesh Unfit for military service. Blamed some of his health problems on working in bake house.
Occupation 1916 (age 33-34) Baker
When he enlisted
Death 1961 (age 78-79) Richmond, Surrey, England4

Individual Note

Percy cannot be found in the 1901 census and it is likely, according to the family, that he served in South Africa in the Boer War like his brother Sidney.

Sources

1www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009
2Ancestry School Admissions (London Metropolitan Archives).
3(RG12/431 Folio 145 page 32).
Text From Source: Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Employ Status,Where Born,Infirmity
Elizabeth Pickett,Head,M,F,47,,,Stockwell, London, England,
Ada Florence Pickett,Daughter,S,F,21,Tailoress,,Clerkenwell, London, England,
Edith Elizabeth Dearling,Daughter,M,F,19,Dressmaker,,Camden Town, London, England,
May Pickett,Daughter,S,F,17,Dressmaker,,Camden Town, London, England,
Walter Charles Pickett,Son,S,M,16,Baker,,St Pancras, London, England,
Marion Elizabeth Pickett,Daughter,S,F,14,,,Hampstead, London, England,
Sidney John Pickett,Son,S,M,13,Scholar,,Hampstead, London, England,
Percy Pickett,Son,S,M,8,Scholar,,Hampstead, London, England,
4G.E.Nicholls, Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry). Stuart and Pat Pickett's Tree.