Private 125692 Albert Enoch PICKSTOCK
196th Labour Corps,formerly 63944, 3rd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
Drowned, Friday 25th January 1918, at sea, 8 miles from Cape La Hague, Normandy, France, Age 39
Home address:
6 Shenton Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1879, Winsford, Cheshire
Parents:
Hannah Pickstock and Thomas Pickstock
30 Stockport Road, Marple, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Sarah Elizabeth Pickstock (née Robinson)
4 Holme Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Weaver, Edward Hibbert and Co. Cotton Mill, Hyde
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France, S S Normandy Memorial
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
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.