Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Albert Enoch PICKSTOCK
Private 125692 Albert Enoch PICKSTOCK of 196th Labour Corps, (Formerly 63944, 3rd Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
Drowned Friday 25th January 1918, at Sea, Eight miles from Cape La Hague, Normandy, France, age 39
| Of: | 6 Shenton Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1879, Winsford, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Hannah Pickstock and Thomas Pickstock of 30 Stockport Road, Marple, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Married to Sarah Elizabeth Pickstock (née Robinson) of 4 Holme Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Weaver, Edward Hibbert and Co. Cotton Mill, Hyde |
| He enlisted in: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered on: | Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France, "Normandy" Memorial |
| Link with Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
Notes:
Died at sea near near Cherbourg when the London and South Western Railway's passenger ship, S.S. Normandy, was sunk by torpedo fired from a German submarine with the loss of 14 lives.