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Edward Pickles

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
408861
Unit at enlistment: 
37th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Commemorated at: 
Colborne Street Methodist Church
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
West Yorkshire
Birth city: 
Bradford
Address at enlistment: 
153 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
153 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Clerk
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
18

Letters and documents

BX September 15, 1916

Invalided Out, On Way Home

The hardships of the life of a soldier proved more than the constitution of Private Edward Pickles of this city could stand, and he is being returned home suffering from tubercular trouble which has necessitated his confinement to the hospital since last May. Pte. Pickles, who lived at 153 Chatham Street, was attending the Collegiate Institute here when the war broke out, and enlisted with the 37th Battalion at Simcoe. Word has been received that he was returning and he is expected home soon.

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