Wallace Pick
He was a dyer's labourer upon enlistment.
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He was the son of William and Elizabeth Pick and the brother of Selina, William, Horace, Ada, Ernest, Percy and Lily Pick. In 1891 they lived at 3 King's Yard Basford Nottingham. He was the husband of Mabel (née Marlow) Pick (married 26/11/1908) and the father of Mabel Annie, Elsie May, Wallace, Lilly, Harold and Clarence Pick. They lived at 5 Chard Terrace Chard Street Zulu Road Basford Nottingham.
He attested 11/7/1916 at Derby standing 5' 2" and weighing 135 lbs. He received a face wound in March 1917 and died of a shell wound to the head at 10th Casualty Clearing Station.
Effects returned to his widow were i pair of scissors, 2 coins, 1 disc and 1 shoulder title.
Mabel Pick received a weekly pension of 28/9d from 24/12/1917.
Wallace Pick
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking his grave at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle