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8 April 1918 : Pte Arthur Algernon Pickles MM

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Arthur was born in 1896 in Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire. His parents were John Pickles (an antique dealer and Sexton) and Hannah. Arthur had a much older brother Hartley, as well a younger brother George and a younger sister Mary Lucy.  Before the war Arthur was a cotton weaver.  Arthur was conscripted into the army in the spring of 1916. He...