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