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Lieutenant Pickard was born at Forest Hill, Northamptonshire, England, on 12 April 1844, and was 19 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army, during the Waikato-Hauhau Maori War, New Zealand, when the action for which he was awarded The Victoria Cross took place.
"On 20 November 1863, at Rangiriri, New Zealand, during an assault on the enemy's position, Lieutenant Pickard, together with an assistant surgeon (William Temple), exposed themselves to imminent danger in crossing the entrance to the Maori Keep, at a point upon which the enemy were concentrating their fire, in order to render assistance to the wounded. Lieutenant Pickard crossed and re-crossed the parapet to procure water for the wounded, when none of the men could be induced to perform this service, as the space to be traversed was exposed to enemy cross-fire."
Lieutenant Pickard later achieved the rank of Colonel and was awarded the C.B.
He died at Cannes, France, on 1 March 1880, and is buried at Cimitiere Protestant du Grand Jus, Cannes, France.
His Victoria Cross is not publicly held. It was bought privately at auction on 1 August 2002 for the price of £56,630.
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