Name
F Picton
1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/10/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
52825
Manchester Regiment
21st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Hemel Hempstead Town Memorial
Pre War
Frederick Picton was born in 1898 in Great Missenden, Bucks, the son of Wiliam and Kate Picton.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Field End, Great Missenden where his father was a general labourer and pheasant breeder. By 1911 they had moved to Old Barn Cottage, Warnham, Sussex, where his father was 'Keeper' (Gamekeeper).
They later lived at Kings Ash, The Lee, Great Missenden, Bucks.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Chester and served with the 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Death was assumed between 24-27 October 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £3 4s 10d. The connection with Hemel Hempstead is not known, although Great Missenden is quite close, being approximately 15 miles away from Hemel Hempstead.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild,
