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Leslie Pickersgill

Rank Ordinary Seaman
Service Number J49997
Born 25 May 1892 St Mary

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Chatham
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HMS Royal Oak

Class Battleship

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Decorations Victory & British War medals Enlistment 7 Feb 1916 Next of kin address Jamaica More info Believed to have arrived aboard the SS Finland at Liverpool on 30 Jan 1916. Enlisted for hostilities only service on 7 Feb 1916. Demobilised on 10 Mar 1919. Became a naturalised US citizen on 4 November 1929. Resided at 1033 Chalmers Street, Detroit MI and works for Ford Motor Company, as per his WW2 draft card Resided at 821 Lakewood Avenue, Detroit MI as per the 1950 Census, which records his race as white, and profession as auto worker. Died on 6 Feb 1976, resided at 118 Lakewood Avenue, Detroit MI.