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| George Edward Wike from Barnsley Chronicle 5 December 1914 With thanks to Barnsley Archives |
1894
Military Service: Royal Navy
Enlisted: *unknown(
Ship: HMS Bulwark
Service number and rank: SS/4957 Ordinary Seaman
Awards: *unknown*
Death: 26/11/1914 aged 20
CWGC Remembered: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Panel reference: 3
Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of William Robert and Edith Annie Wike, of 29, North Pavement, Barnsley, Yorks.
Remembered:
Combined War Memorial St Marys Church Barnsley
Links & Notes:
Lives of the First World War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
See more information on Wikipedia
More information on the sinking of HMS Bulwark
George William Wike is remembered on Naval History Website
Artificer George Ogden who is also remembered on the St Mary's War Memorial was also killed in this Naval accident.
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