W – Dodds – North Eastern Railway – Sapper – 04/09/1917
Title
W – Dodds – North Eastern Railway – Sapper – 04/09/1917
Initials / forenames
W
Surname
Dodds
Railway company
North Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Engineers 118th Railway Company
Military rank
Sapper
Military number
149481
Railway department
Gateshead
Railway job
Bricklayer
Date died
04/09/1917
Magazine reference
North Eastern Railway Magazine, Nov 1917, p246
Memorial
Calais Southern Cemetery
Notes
Joined the NER on 24 April 1908 as an apprentice bricklayer at Gateshead and enlisted on 24 January 1916. He was killed by an aerial bomb while serving in France.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; North Eastern Railway Magazine; Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
14/03/2016
Last updated
14/03/2016
Citation
“W – Dodds – North Eastern Railway – Sapper – 04/09/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 9, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/57407.