Dykes - Peckett Family History
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Bernard John DYKES (1923-1942)

Name: Bernard John DYKES 1
Father: Joseph Walter DYKES (1886-1957)
Mother: Dorothy Eva MILLS (1896-1970)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1923 Maldon, Essex, England 2
Birth Registration Q4 1923 (age 0) Maldon, Essex, England 2
Military Service btw Sep 1940 and Mar 1942 (age 16-19) Seargeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 58 Sqdn. RAF(VR) Ser.No. 96388 3
Death 12 Mar 1942 (age 18) the Netherlands (RAF) 3,4
Burial 1942 (age 18) Ameland (NES) General Cemetery, Netherlands 3
Relationship 3rd Cousin Once Removed

Additional Information

Death The CWGC Honour Roll gives an age at death of 21. However, Bernard was actually 18. He probably lied about his age to join up in 1939/40
Burial Plot D, Row 15, Grave 6

Sources

1Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. 2649020. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
2Civil Registration Index - Births 1837-1983. 1923 Oct-Dec DYA-DYS p.317. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Dykes, Bernard J. mms. Mills .. Maldon vol.4a p.1245
Ancestry.co.uk. Web: www.ancestry.co.uk.
3Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Casualty 2649020. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
4Civil Registration Index - Deaths 1837-1983. War Deaths (RAF - All Ranks) DYE-DZI p.31. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Dykes, Bernard J. Sgt. 963881 58 Sqdn. 1942 vol.4 p.403
Ancestry.co.uk. Web: www.ancestry.co.uk.

 


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