Herbert Edwin – Pycock – Great Western Railway – Corporal (Private) – 23/09/1915

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Title

Herbert Edwin – Pycock – Great Western Railway – Corporal (Private) – 23/09/1915

Initials / forenames

Herbert Edwin

Surname

Pycock

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Middlesex Regiment, 2nd/10th Battalion

Military rank

Corporal (Private)

Military number

2926

Railway department

Goods Department, Paddington

Railway job

Clerk

Date died

23/09/1915

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, December 1915, p320. Photo: December 1915, p325

Memorial

East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece

Notes

Aged 17, son of Herbert Richard and Lavinia Pycock of 9 Cromwell Grive, Hammersmith, London. Pycock was in the GWR Company's employ since July 1913. <br /><br />The GWR Magazine reports his age as 18 when he died. The St Paul's Booklet lists his rank as 'Private'.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

22/03/2017

Last updated

22/03/2017

Citation

“Herbert Edwin – Pycock – Great Western Railway – Corporal (Private) – 23/09/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/47733.