The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal E Dyke

Lance Corporal Ernest DYKE, G/9667, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th June 1917.

Born Walsall, Staffordshire, son of William & Hannah Louisa Dyke

1911 Census - 34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire -

T William Dyke, head, age 49, married, bit filling horse, bit & shining man, born Walsall, Staffordshire; Hannah Dyke, wife, age 47, married 23 years, 13 children, 7still alive, born Walsall, Staffordshire; Ernest Dyke, son, age 19, single, harness furniture bobber, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire; Ada Dyke, daughter, age 15, single, warehouse girl, harness furniture manufacturer, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire; John Dyke, son, age 14, errand boy, harness maker, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire; George Henry Dyke, son, age 13, school, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire; Eva Dyke, daughter, age 8, school, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire.

William Dyke, son, age 25, married, harness furniture bobber, born Walsall, Staffordshire; Harriet Dyke, wife, age 24, married 3 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire; Ethel Dyke, daughter, age 2, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire; William Dyke, son, age 1, born Blakenall? Heath, Staffordshire;

2nd August 1914, St Matthews Church, Walsall, married Lizzie Dyke Stringer, spinster, 12 Birmingham Street, Walsall, Staffordshire.

Child - Ernest Dyke, born 17th June 1915, 34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 23 years & 6 months, height 5ft 6 inches, 168lbs. Resided No.34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire. Formerly brass polisher.

23rd August 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th August 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th December 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 15th August 1916, tried by General Court Marshal, when on Active Service, an act to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, sentenced to 56 days Field Punishment No.1.; 23rd October 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

Separation Allowance 16/- a week, Allotment of Pay 3/6 a week.

7th January 1918, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow and child.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

see also W DYKE

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