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• Name DYKE
• Initials J
• First name JOHN
• Place of birth Bilston
• Country Staffordshire, England
• Family Son of James and Louisa Dyke of Ladymoor, Bilston; husband of Alice Dyke (nee Rock), of 11, Ash St., Daisy Bank, Bradley, near Bilston, Staffordshire; father of Alice Louise (born 1911) and Gertrude (born 1914).
• Extra info Mentioned date of death in war diary n°17 CCS: 5 January 1916

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Wolverhampton
• Service number 12139
• Rank Serjeant
• Regiment and unit 8th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 51st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 17th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 12 August 1915

Death

• Wounded 3 January, Railway Wood
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the thigh and right arm, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 4 January 1916
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IV - B - 36A

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