Gunner Thomas Pickard
Guards Machine Gun Regiment, Service no. 8382
Born: 19th May 1898. Died: 31st March 1951
Guardsman Wilfred Pickard
Coldstream Guards, Service no. 25479
Born: 28th August 1895.
Story
Thomas and Wilfred were born in Kippax. They lived at 4 Robinson Lane, and were the sons of Thomas Pickard (1861-1925) and Ada Clay (1867-1936). Thomas enlisted on 22nd May 1916 and was called up on 1st July 1918. At the time, he was a Grocers Assistant and was 5 ft 9 inches tall. After the War, he worked as a Quencher at a Coke Oven. Thomas married Maud Pickersgill in Kippax on Christmas Day 1920. Maud was the sister of Norman Pickersgill who also enlisted. The couple lived at 1 Old Robinson Lane, and Thomas worked as a shop assistant in the grocery department. He passed away at the age of 52, and was buried in Kippax on 31st March 1951.
Wilfred was baptised in Kippax on 26th September 1895. On 21st January 1913, at Leeds Magistrates Court, he was charged with cruelty to a pit pony called Ned on the 10th January when the pony failed to carry some corves over some fallen coal in the workings. He kicked the pony in the jaw and leg, bruising and cutting the skin. Admitting the offence he was fined either 40s or given a month’s imprisonment.
Wilfred enlisted on 11th December 1915, and was posted 27th April 1918. He was 5 ft 6 inches tall and caught pneumonia twice during the war. He married Muriel Gray in Garforth on 29th August 1918 and worked as a Colliery ripper, living at 28 Mount Pleasant. The couple had four children: Eileen in 1919, Kenneth in 1921, Vera in 1923 and Hilda in 1925. Vera passed away in 1928.
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