Rifleman Z/628 Ralph DYKES

Rifleman Z/628 Ralph Dykes{gallery}Rfn R Dykes{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Killed in action in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, France and Flanders, 12th March 1915, aged 21

• Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave XI.B.6
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Arthur and Emma Dykes [nee Webb]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Rifleman Dykes
• Le Touret Memorial
• Rifle Brigade

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1891 at Wigan, Lancs
• Lived at Pemberton, Lancs [1891]
  
• Lived at 29 Cobridge Road, Hanley, Staffs [1901]
  
• Lived at 70 Webb Street, Stockingford [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner / trammer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 17 Feb 1915