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Private ERNEST PICTON

Service Number: 15900
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REDAN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

A. 62.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Clara Picton, of 3, Upper Green St., High Wycombe.
  • Personal Inscription CHERISHED MEMORIES OF HIM SO DEAR ARE OFT RECALLED WITH SILENT TEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

REDAN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 279
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