A – Dyke – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 26/04/1918

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Title

A – Dyke – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 26/04/1918

Initials / forenames

A

Surname

Dyke

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Rifle Brigadem 16th Battalion

Military rank

Corporal

Military number

P/132

Railway department

Goodman's Yard

Railway job

Clerk

Date died

26/04/1918

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: August 1919, p165

Memorial

Wytschaeta Military Cemetery

Notes

Aged 19, son of William and Mary Louisa Dyke of 47 Beaconsfield Road, Enfield Lock, Enfield. He joined the GER in May 1912. He enlisted in April 1915. He was killed in action from a shell burst after completing 'an important duty'. <br /><br />The GER magazine gives his age as 20 when he died.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

26/09/2016

Last updated

26/09/2016

Citation

“A – Dyke – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 26/04/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/57070.