William – Dredge – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 11/11/1914

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Title

William – Dredge – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 11/11/1914

Initials / forenames

William

Surname

Dredge

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion

Military rank

Corporal

Military number

8005

Railway department

Chief Civil Engineer's Department

Railway job

Gas Fitter's labourer

Date died

11/11/1914

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: December 1915 Supplement (No. 2) p1

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Notes

Dredge joined the GER in 1913;. He was a reservist, who fought at Mons and Aisne. He died from wounds received while fighting at Ypres.

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

05/09/2016

Last updated

05/09/2016

Citation

“William – Dredge – Great Eastern Railway – Corporal – 11/11/1914,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 16, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/57259.