Harold Pickering

Born in 1890, he joined 3 DLI in 1913 as a Private. He fought in the Great War with 2 DLI and was awarded the Military Medal in 1916. He was commissioned, from Company Sergeant Major, as a Second Lieutenant in 1917 and retired as a Captain in 1923. During the Second World War, he served with the Ox and Bucks LI, finally retiring in 1946.