Clifford Crawshaw PICKLES

23 June 1916

EARBY DOCTOR’S WEDDING

The marriage took place on Wednesday, the 14th inst., at St. Mary’s Church, Boston Spa, of Mr. Cliffford Crawshaw Pickles, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P of Earby, to Miss Dorothy Beatrice Emily Wilkinson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson, of Leeds and Boston Spa. The bridegroom, formerly a captain in the R.A.M.C., is the third son of Dr. and Mrs. J.J. Pickles of Leeds. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Reginald Harvey, rector of Barwick-in-Elmet, assisted by the Rev. Reginald G. Glennie, vicar of St. Mary’s. Dr. T.T. Pickles of Aysgarth, brother of the bridegroom, was the ‘best man.’ There was no reception owing to the recent death of another brother of the bridegroom, who went down in H.M.S. Russell in the Mediterranean.

29 December 1916

DR. C.C. PICKLES OF EARBY

Dr. Clifford Crawshaw Pickles died suddenly on Friday at the house of his father, Dr. John J. Pickles, in Camp Road, Leeds, at the age of 30. He was educated at the Leeds Grammar School and the Leeds University. From April to July, 1915, he served in France as a captain in the R.A.M.C., bur owing to ill-health he was invalided out of the service in October of that year. He then succeeded in the practice at Earby of his brother, the late Dr. P.G. Pickles, who was lost in the Mediterranean last April. He was married to Miss Dorothy Wilkinson, of Boston Spa, last June, and three of his brothers are now serving, two as medical men in the Navy and Army.

The funeral was on Tuesday at Lawnswood, Leeds. The service was conducted by the Rev. Canon J. Longbottom, and at its close three volleys were fired over the grave by a firing party from Pontefract, under the command of Capt. Hill, and the ‘Last Post’ was sounded. The bearers were the following R.A.M.C. officers from the 2nd Northern General Hospital:–Major J.K. Jamieson, Capt. W. Cough, Capt. A. Gough, Capt. W.M. Mumby, Lieut. C.H. Sedgwick, and Lieut. Child. Among the wreaths sent was one from the officers of the West Riding Field Ambulance. The mourners included:–

Mrs. Clifford Pickles (widow), Dr. and Mrs. J.J. Pickles (father and mother), Dr. J.J. Pickles, jun., Capt. H.D. Pickles, R.A.M.C. (T), and Gunner C.E. Pickles, R.F.A. (brothers), Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson (father and mother-in-law), Dr. Joseph Dobson (uncle), Lieut-Col. J.F. Dodson, Capt. D.F. Dobson, and Mr. W. Broadhead (cousins), Mr. E.F. Wilkinson, Mr. R. Wilkinson and Lance-Corpl. G. Wilkinson (brothers-in-law), Miss Sarah Carrack, Mrs. Wells, Lieut.-Col. W. Thompson, Major R. Lawford Knaggs, and Captain A. Richardson (Leeds General Infirmary), Capt. J.R. Wynne-Edwards and Mr. R. Wilson (Leeds Grammar School), Dr. and Mrs. J. Holmes, Dr. J.J. Anning, Mr. Richard Jackson, Mr. H. Wild, Mr. E.D.H. Rowntree, and Mr. Arthur Hanson.