TOPIC:

Picture courtesy of Aubrey's

QSA (5) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (9568 Pte. A. H. Pooley, R.A.M.C.);
KSA (2) (9568 Pte. A. H. Pooley, R.A.M.C.)

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, South Africa 1902 (16790 Pte. T. Jones. R.A.M.C.)

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued;
QSA (2) Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (14319 Pte. W. H. Pickering. R.A.M.C.);
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal Ed VII (476 S. Sjt: W. H. Pickering. 6/London F.A. R.A.M.C.)

William Henry Pickering attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps on 21 June 1900 and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 June 1900 to 3 October 1901, being discharged on 7 October 1901.

Subsequently enlisting in the Territorial Force, he was advanced Staff Sergeant, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal. He served at home during the first two years of the Great War before being discharged, suffering tuberculosis of the lungs, on 31 March 1916.