Source: Gathering of Heroes
Family Search: When Private William Henry Pick was born on 9 March 1885, in Harwich, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Pick, was 30 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, was 22. He married Mary Collins on 27 February 1909, in Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1916. His occupation is listed as ontario department of agriculture in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 February 1961, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Tilbury, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Private William Henry Pick, reg. no. 880077.
This man enlisted with the 186th Battalion, at Chatham, Ontario on 23 February 1916.
He was a Coachman following the Presbyterian faith and lived at Chatham, Ontario at the time of his enlistment.
He arrived in England on 28 October 1916.
On 7 April 1917 aboard the SS Lapland he was transferred to the 4th Canadian Reservice Battalion on 7 April 1917 and then was transferred to the 18th Battalion on 6 September 1917 and joined that unit “in the field” on 23 November 1917.
He was attached to the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps on 13 April 1918 and returned to the 18th Battalion on 15 May 1918.
On 27 August 1918 he was wounded in action suffering a GSW to his neck and was treated for his wounds on the Continent, returning to duty with the 18th on 28 October 1918.
On 2 November 1918 he was granted 14-days leave to the United Kingdom.
He served the rest of the war with the 18th and was discharged due to demobilization on 24 May 1919 at London, Ontario.
William H. Pick
CHATHAM — William H. Pick, 76, of 25½ King St. E., died at his residence Wednesday evening, as the result of a heart attack.
Born in Harwich Twp., he was employed for many years by the Chatham Motor Coach Company, Union Gas, the Canada and Dominion Sugar Company and for 10 years with Silverwoods, before being employed as caretaker for the Ontario Department of Agriculture offices here.
He was a veteran of World War I and a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving, besides his widow, the former Mary Collins, are daughters: Mrs. S. (Mary) Deaneau of Windsor; Mrs. William (Audrey) McAgy of Windsor; Mrs. Wayne (Belle) Hershberger, Detroit; Mrs. David (Rena) Leclair of Tecumseh and one son, William of Detroit; one sister, Mrs. George Wing of Windsor.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., at the George E. Fennell Funeral Home, Victoria Ave., with Rev. M. F. Cornelius assisted by Rev. R. E. J. Brackstone officiating with burial in Maple Leaf Cemetery.
Source: The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. February 3 1961 Pg. 8. Via Find-A-Grave.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 