Aged 34 years
Died 14th December 1941
Commemorated on Singapore Memorial
Column 63.
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Evening Telegraph, Wednesday, 8th February 1942, transcribed by John Collins.
Rushden Corporal Missing
After anxiously waiting for news since May 1941, when she learned by telegram that her husband, Corporal Frederick Arthur Pidcock, had arrived with his regiment abroad, Mrs. Pidcock, of 136, Westfield-avenue, Rushden, has now received notification that he is “missing”. Corporal Pidcock, who is aged 33, is an experienced soldier, having served with the Leicestershire Regiment in India for about five years. Until he was called with the Reserve to join his old regiment two days before war was declared, he was employed in Rushden as a bricklayer for Messrs. T. Swindall and Sons. He was a popular member of the West End Club, and a keen darts player and cricketer. There are three young children.
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Evening Telegraph, Tuesday, 4th May 1943, transcribed by John Collins.
Rushden Soldier Killed
After a long wait for further news of her husband, Lance-Sergt. Frederick Arthur Pidcock, who in December, 1941, was reported missing, Mrs. Pidcock, of 136, Westfield-avenue, Rushden, has now been informed that he was killed in action. Lance-Sergt. Pidcock, who was 34, was an old “Regular”, having served with the Leicestershire Regiment in India for about five years. He was called up two days before war was declared, and the last communication received from him was in the form of a telegram when he landed at Singapore in May, 1941. Before his calling-up he was employed by Messrs. T. Swindall and Sons as a bricklayer and was a popular member of the West End Club, and a keen darts player and cricketer. There are three young children.
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