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Able/Sea. George Dickens
Royal Navy HMS Sefton
from:London
L/Cpl. John Lewis Dickens
British Army 10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Aberdare, Glamorgan
(d.17th Jul 1916)
John Lewis Dickens was born on 20 July 1881 in Aberdare, Glamorgan. He was the 4th of seven children born to Thomas and Sarah Dickens (nee Fereday). His older brother, Charles, is my great grandfather. He is recorded as Lewis Dickens on the 1891 & 1901 censuses but on the 1911 census he is shown as John Lewis Dickens and his occupation is given as underground haulier employed by Messrs Nixons & Co.
His army records show that he enlisted as 20904 Lewis Dickens in 11th Hussars on 31 August 1914 in Aberdare, Glamorgan. He was 5ft 5ins tall with a fresh complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair. On 6 September 1914 he was posted to the 12th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry for training. He was transferred to 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment on 21st May 1915 and then posted to 10th Battalion on 12th October 1916 when he embarked for France. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 14 June 1916. All his army records show him as Lewis Dickens. His Medal Rolls Index Card states he served in Egypt - this must be a mistake as the 10th Battalion didn't serve in Egypt. Whilst in France he suffered gunshot wounds to his right wrist and thigh. He was evacuated to Ontario Military Hospital, Orpington, Kent on 5 July 1916. He died at 8.15pm on 17 July 1916. He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Orpington - his headstone reads 20904 Lance Cpl John Lewis Dickens. He never married - his next of kin on his army records is given as his mother.
Pte. William Dickens
British Army 4th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Newton, Blackwell, Derbyshire
(d.1st Nov 1917)
William Dickens, born 1895 in Newton, was one of 14 children of Isaac Dickens and Ada nee Else. His siblings were Fred, Sarah, Mary Ann, Ethel, Alfred, Arthur, Gladys, Alice, Frank, Henry and Doris. 2 others had died as babies. In 1911 aged 16 William was a Pony Driver, probably at Tibshelf's Babbington Collieries.
William's Army Service record has not survived, but we know from the Army Records of Soldiers Effects he was serving with 4th Btn, Sherwood Foresters as 18927, Private William Dickens and had been repatriated from France to the Womens Auxiliary Corps Hospital in Sunderland where he died on 1st November 1917. There were 5 Voluntary Aid Hospitals in Sunderland, and there is no record of which William was admitted to. William's body was returned to his family and he is buried in St Werburgh's Churchyard,Blackwell.
Sjt. E. Dickenson
Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. George Ernest Dickenson
British Army 9th Trench Mortar Bty, Y Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Hebburn
(d.1st Jul 1917)
George died aged 20. Born in Great Yarmouth, he lived in Hebburn and enlisted at Jarrow. He was the son of Henry and Agnes Dickenson (nee Bligh). George Ernest Dickenson age 14 Office Boy in Palmer Steel Works is recorded as living with his parents Henry and Agnes Dickenson and family at 36 Victoria Road West, Hebburn on the 1911 census.
George is buried in Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (north face) Jarrow.
CSM William Dickenson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th and 19th DLI
Sgt. William Dickenson MM.
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Also served att 6th West Yorks
Cpl. Roland Richard Dicker
British Army 1/8th Btn. London Regiment
from:Bristol
Roland Dickerwas my Grandfather. He volunteered and enlisted on 4th August 1915; . He served with the 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment on the Western Front from 06.07.1916 to 17.12.1917. He was wounded twice, first shot and secondly gassed, the latter injuries bad enough to render him unfit to return to the front line. The gassing injuries, by deduction, occured during the Battle of Cambrai in an attack on Bourlon Wood between 3rd and 30th November 1917. His date of discharge was 5th November 1918
Below is a letter from Roland's CO, sent when he learnt of my Grandfather's death in 1964, he alludes to their time together in action during the Great War:
Cragside,N. V. O. Morris Esq.,Rothbury,
Morpeth
Northumberland.
14th April 1964
14~ Downfield Road,
Clifton,
Bristol, 8,
Glouoestershire.
Dear Mr. Morris,
Many thanks for your kind letter of 25 March, I fear there has been a little delay in answering your letter as I was away from Cragside when it arrived. It was with very great sorrow that I read of the passing of your Father-in-Law Mr. Dicker (I always think of him as Corporal Dicker) was one of the finest and nicest men I came across in World War I. Mr. Dicker was of the utmost help to me and I always enjoyed his oompany. We were in a corner of Belgium at the time, not far from the famous Yser Canal, and in those ditficult times I knew I could always rely to the utmost on Mr. Dicker. He was always so willing and cheerful and helpful. I had the good fortune to be "Mentioned in Dispatches" in the salient and I always feel that the work which pleased the Generals was largely the work of Mr. Dicker. I send you and all the family my deepest sympathy and will always cherish his memory. I am writing a 11ttle note now to Mrs. Dicker. With kind regards, I remain, Ever yours sincerely,
Armstrong
Sgt. William Dickers MSM
Royal Field Artillery 68 Bty. 14th Brigade
from:Isleworth
My grandfather, Sgt. William Dickers, 68th Battery RFA was wounded in December 1914 at Rouen. He was was the Battery Sergeant Major of B Battery, 83rd Brigade RFA from 1916 to 1919.
Sgt. Edward Dickerson
British Army 1st Garrison Bn. Royal Scots
from:Bispham, Blackpool
(d.8th April 1917)
Edward Dickerson was the Son of G. and B. Dickinson, of Bowness-on-Windermere; husband of Mary Dickinson, of Marlors, Arundel Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool.
He was 35 when he died and is buried in the Famagusta Military Cemetery in Cyprus, Grave 6.
Pte. Walter Dickerson
British Army 12th Btn. B Coy. Rifle Brigade
from:Beeston, Norfolk
Great uncle Walter Dickerson was captured on 30th of November 1917 at Cambrai. The ICRC POW record, which incorrectly lists him under Dickinson shows him as being interned at Cottbus on 20th of September 1918 having been moved from Munster II.
A family story handed down is that he was tortured during his internment, which involved the removal or pulling of all of his finger and toe nails. He returned from the war without the use of his legs. He lived with one of his brothers, James in Kilburn, North London, where he used to propel himself about on a small wheeled trolley. He died in February 1947, age 68.
Pte. Charles Dickie
British Army 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Charles Dickie was born in Stevenston, Ayrshire and lived in Glasgow. His parents were Mr. Henry Dickie and Mrs. Maggie Dickie (nee Wright), of 30, William St., Shettleston, Glasgow. Me married Mary Dickie (nee Young)in 1911. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Loos and was awarded the 1914/15 Star; Victory Medal; British War Medal; Memorial Death Plaque of WWI.
Pte. George McCrovie Dickie
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
(d.24th April 1918)
Private George Dickie was the son of Matthew and Agnes Campbell Dickie of 115 Oran Street, Maryhill, Glasgow. George died of gunshot wounds, aged 20, at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Gezaincourt on 24th April 1918. He is buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt in Grave I.C.29.
Sgt. Arthur Herbert Dickins
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 5th Battalion
(d.24th May 1915)
Arthur Dickins was born on 12th May 1891 in Bedford, son of Walter and Alice Dickins, 20 Russell Avenue, Bedford. Service papers show he was a farmer at time he enlisted on 22nd of September 1914 at Valcartier, Canada with 5th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Paperwork also shows he had previously served with the Bedford Yeomanry. He was killed in action on 24th May 1915 age 24 years in the vicinity of Festubert. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1898-1907, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923.
Pte. George Dickins
British Army Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Draughton, Northamptonshire
Dvr. Arthur Dickinson
British Army 102nd Bde. C Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.23rd June 1917)
L/Cpl. Daniel Dickinson
British Army 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Croston, Lancashire
(d.7th Apr 1917)
Dan Dickinson died of wounds received in France. He was a Lance Corporal in the 4th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancs. He was the fiance of my great-aunt Lily Heath. She never got over his death and remained a spinster up until her death in 1975.
Pte. David Dickinson
British Army 3rd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Howlings, Aycliffe
Pte. George Dickinson
British Army 8th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Atholl St. Ashton-under-Lime
(d.30th Aug 1918)
Pte. Henry Dickinson
British Army 10th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment
Henry Dickinson was my gran's dad. She never met him nor has seen a photo of him. I am trying to trace his life story.
Capt. Herbert Spencer Dickinson MID.
Australian Imperial Forces 5th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.25th Sep 1917)
Herbert Spencer Dickinson was born at Thorpdale, Victoria on 20 December 1891 to parents Thomas and Clara. An accountant by trade, he enlisted at Prahran on 17th of August 1914 at the age of 22. Enlisting with the 5th Infantry Battalion, Dickinson was allocated the rank of private. He departed Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto on 21st October 1914.
After serving with his unit at Gallipoli, he was transferred in February 1916 to the 57th Infantry Battalion and sent to the Western Front in France. Dickinson was quickly promoted through the ranks, gaining his first promotion to lance corporal in September 1914 and becoming a captain by May 1916. Whilst serving with the 57th Infantry Battalion he was mentioned in the despatches of General Douglas Haig on 9 April 1917. Dickinson was killed in action at Polygon Wood in Belgium on 25th of September 1917. He was 25 years old. Herbert Dickinson is buried at The Huts Cemetery, Belgium.
Pte. Joseph Riley Dickinson
British Army 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Preston, Lancashire
(d.14th July 1916)
I only discovered Joseph Riley Dickinson whilst researching my family tree. He was my great granddad. Those who served in the Great War underwent many horrors and I believe they should never be forgotten – I don’t know much about my great granddad but what little I do, I wish to share.
Records show that he enlisted for General Service with the Cheshire Regiment on the 8th of May, 1915. He was later transferred to 10th Battalion and on 26th of September, 1916, was in France. On 14 July 1916, two weeks into the Battle of the Somme, he was reported missing and then listed as killed in action. He was 34 years old, 5’ 1½”, with a 34” chest and had ‘good’ physical development at enlistment. He left Lily, his wife for 10 years and three children aged 9, 6 and 1½. His name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Picardie, France.
Pte. Joseph Bradley Dickinson
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.13th Jan 1915)
Joseph died aged 19. He was born in Jarrow and lived and enlisted there. He was the son of the late John and Mary Jane Dickinson (nee McMillan). Joseph Bradley Dickinson age 15 is recorded as living with his older sister Georgina Dickinson and brothers and sister at 23 Cobden Street, Jarrow on the 1911 census.
Joseph is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, he is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (north face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. Joseph Johnson Dickinson
British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Ferryhill, Durham
Joseph Dickinson served with 14th Battalion DLI. His younger brother Reuben was also in the DLI Artillery in WW2.
Pte. Percival Erle Dickinson
Canadian Army No 2 Training Depot Medical Corps
(d.13th October 1918)
Private Dickinson is buried in the Pembroke Wesleyan Cemetery, Bermuda, Grave 129.
Pte. Tom Dickinson
British Army 363rd MT Coy, att 248th Siege Bty RGA Army Service Corps
from:Dublin, Ireland
(d.31st July 1918)
I know little of my uncle Tom Dickinson but have memories of my mother talking to me about him. She knew that he was killed in action in France but did not know exactly where. I found out a few years ago by going on line and searching the Army Records. Then my wife and I visited his grave in the Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. God bless all those who died there. To see the thousands of graves is very sad indeed.
Sjt. William Dickinson MM & Bar.
British Army 18th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Hartlepool
My father William Dickinson couldn't get into the army fast enough in the summer of 1914 as he thought the war would be over by Christmas an didn't want to miss out. He went to Egypt then back for the Somme on July 1st 1916 where he was awarded his first military medal. He was awarded a bar to his MM. in April 1918 and was sent home for officer training by May/June and transferred to the RAF. He was demobbed from the RAF after training to be a pilot. He died in 1968 in Darlington.
Sgt. William James Dickinson
British Army Royal Horse Artillery
Born 18th July 1894, Bill Dickinson was in the Royal Horse Artillery during WW1 and certainly served in France in 1918, and maybe before. He made the rank of Sergeant, but declined a Commission.
He never talked about his wartime experiences. All I know as a fact was that he was in Bois Montigny, Montigny-en-Ostrevent, France in 1918. He survived the war, and later joined the Liverpool Police. In 1911 he lived at 43 New Park Street, Shrewsbury. He married Ivy Kirkpatrick in Bootle, Liverpool in 1922. He died in 1969.
Can anyone help identify which unit he was in, or any other details?
Pte. Joseph Dickison
British Army 10th Btn West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.27th May 1918)
Joseph died aged 21. He was born and lived in Jarrow and also enlisted there. He was the son of William and Annie Dickison (nee Cunningham) of 23 Beaumont Terrace Jarrow. On the 1911 census Joseph Dickison age 13, at School, is listed as living with his widowed mother Annie Dickison and family at 20 Beaumont Terrace, Jarrow
Joseph is buried in Acheux British Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. Harry Dickman
British Army 16th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:1 Henrietta Street, Pendlebury, Lancashire
(d.30th Jul 1916)
I chose to commemorate Private Harry Dickman, whom I randomly selected from the Royal British Legion website. Although I am a Dickman and my great grandmother was from Lancashire, Harry was not a relative. However, I wanted to find out more information about him.
Harry was born in 1889 in Openshaw, Manchester, and was married in about 1910 to Jemima. They had a little girl called Gladys who would have been born in about January 1911. At the time of the 1911 census Henry, Jemima and little Gladys were boarding at the home of John and Eliza Ann Shepherd at No. 1 Henrietta Street in Pendlebury, Lancashire. Harry joined the 16th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers and was killed in action on 30th July 1916. As his body was never found, his name is listed and commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France.
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