Private Albert Henry Dyke

Army Number: 14510

Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Ludlow, Shropshire. Son of William and Sarah Dyke, of 20 Upper Galdeford, Ludlow, Shropshire. <Husband of Mary Ellen Dyke, of 2 City Road, Derby. He was a bricklayer’s labourer prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France on 14th July 1915. Killed in action 5th July 1916 in support of the attack on the German positions at Fricourt/Fricourt Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

He is also commemorated on St Leonard’s Church War Memorial, Ludlow, Shropshire.