Leading Seaman Z/3640 Wilfred DYKE

Leading Seaman Z/3640 Wilfred Dyke{gallery}LS W Dyke{/gallery}SS Blagdon [Cargo Ship] Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve

Killed in action on 9th August 1917, aged 25.

• Commemorated: Plymouth Naval Memorial. Panel ref 24
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Edward and Eliza Dyke
• NNWFHS memorial: Glascote

Links to relevant information

• CWGC Page for Leading Seaman Dyke
• NNWFHS Glascote War Memorial Page
• Plymouth Naval Memorial
• SS Blagdon Wikepedia Entry (scroll down to August 9th)
• SS Blagdon Shipwreck Information

1911 census and family history information

• Born 1892 in Glascote
• Employed as baker‘s delivery man [1911]
• Lived at 293 Main Road, Glascote [1911]