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Lieutenant Colonel FRANCIS ALEXANDER UMFREVILLE PICKERING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1917

Buried or commemorated at

WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES

II. F. 3.

Belgium

12th August 2025 site visit, headstone

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Commanding 9th Bn. Rifle Brigade
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1172
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