The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Dyke

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Private William DYKE, G/9668, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 11th October 1916, age 31.

Born Walsall, Staffordshire, son of William & Hannah Louisa Dyke, 34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire.

14th November 1908, St Michaels Church, Rushall, married Harriet Wilcox, spinster, of 70 Mill Lane, Butts, Walsall, Staffordshire.

Children - Ethel Dyke, born 5th February 1909, 40 Pool Street, Walsall; William Dyke, born 21st July 1910, 40 Pool Street, Walsall

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;

Enlisted Darlaston, Staffordshire, age 29 years & 6 months, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 115lbs. Resided No 2 Tantarra Walk, Walsall, Staffordshire /127 Main Street, Goldthorpe near Rotherham. Formerly brass polisher.

Home 23rd August 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 11th October 1916.

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.

27th May 1917, Pension awarded of 22/11 a week for widow and two children.

13th May 1921, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Harriet Dyke, 70 Mill Lane, Butts, Walsall, Staffordshire; Children - Ethel Dyke, born 5th February 1909; William Dyke, born 21st July 1910; Father, William Dyke, 34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire; Mother, died 31st December 1916; Brother, George Dyke, age 21, 34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire; Sisters - Louisa Fellows, age 29, Birmingham Street, Walsall; Ada Burton, age 23, 34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire; Eva Dyke, age 15, 34, Pool Street, Walsall, Staffordshire.

Buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, III. F. 23., Pas de Calais, France.

see also E DYKE

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