The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut. George Cecil Pickford
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - G.C. Pickford
Service:
- Prior service; 6 months, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
- Posted to The R.C.R., 16 Apr 1916
- Attested for overseas service with The R.C.R., 4th Reinforcing Draft, 28 Jun 1916
- Commissioned 17 Oct 1916
- Joined The RCR from overseas, 10 Oct 1916
- Attached 7th Trench Mortar Battery, 4 Feb 1917
- Ceases to be attacahed 7th T.M. Battery, 20 Feb 1917
- Dismissed from His Majesty's service following Court Martial for Drunkenness, 20 Mar 1917
- Re-attested with the 20 Reserve Battalion at Shoreham Camp, Sussex, UK, for service in the ranks, 9 Aug 1917
Date of Birth - 15 June 1893
• Rogue Papers
• Tactical Primers
• The Regimental Library
• Quotes
• Battle Honours
• Perpetuation of the CEF
• The RCR in the First World War
• Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
• Badges of The RCR
• A Miscellany
• The Senior Subaltern
• The Frontenac Times
• Site Map
• e-mail
The RCR in the Great War
War Diary
Battle Honours
Battle Bars and The RCR
The RCR Battle Bar Ledger (pdf)
Honours and Awards
Roll of Honour
Prisoners of War
Cemetery List
Cemetery Map
Courts Martial
Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
NCOs and Soldiers
An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Badges - Signs of the Times
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
