Guest anniemudge Posted 23 April , 2013 Share Posted 23 April , 2013 Please could someone give me an idea of where, and what, 10 DLI were doing on December 14, 1915. I have just started researching Corporal Patrick Roke, who served and died with the battalion that day, and any help would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 23 April , 2013 Admin Share Posted 23 April , 2013 It would appear , from the only casualty of that day that has a surviving grave, that they were possibly somewhere near Poelcapelle but a look at the war diary would tell you for definite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Taylor Posted 23 April , 2013 Share Posted 23 April , 2013 Annie 10th DLI were in the Wieltje area of the Ypres Salient. The war diary reads for 14th December: 'Were heavily shelled in front trenches from 1.10 pm to 3.45 pm. Aeroplanes very active. Casualties 1 officer killed 2Lt Hines & 2Lt Canning wounded. OR 10 killed & 14 wounded, mostly by trench mortars. St Jean churchyard suffered badly. ' Kind regards Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anniemudge Posted 23 April , 2013 Share Posted 23 April , 2013 Colin, Thank you so much! I rang the DLI museum, without much success (although the chap was dead canny!), but your answer was just what I needed. Quick question. Where can I find out more about Roke? ANCESTRY has his medals, but no other documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 24 April , 2013 Admin Share Posted 24 April , 2013 SDGW shows Name: Patrick RokeBirth Place: Sunderland Death Date: 14 Dec 1915 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Sunderland Rank: Corporal Regiment: Durham Light Infantry Battalion: 10th Battalion Number: 3/9236 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Taylor Posted 24 April , 2013 Share Posted 24 April , 2013 Annie It depends on your geographic location in relation to Sunderland, but looking up copies of the local newspapers for his home town in the months after his demise may give you an obituary or family details - often libraries have microfilm copies for the local area. Do any documents/letters survive within the family relating to him? Sadly it is often difficult to get detailed information on those whose records have not survived intact. Kind regards Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunsilk Posted 25 April , 2013 Share Posted 25 April , 2013 Tonights (Thursday 25th) Sunderland Echo has a detailed story in "Wearside Echoes" about Patrick Roke by his great grandson Michael Travers. The piece may on their website in a few days in "Wearside Echoes" nostalgia section. In the meantime the contact at the Echo is sarah.stoner@jpress.co.uk. Cheers David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 25 April , 2013 Admin Share Posted 25 April , 2013 British Newspaper Archive says Ncl Journal of 28th Dec 1915 Mrs Roke, Sunderland, has been officially informed that her husband, Corporal Patrick Roke (24), of the 10th Durham Light. The rest of the article is subject to subscription - I would have looked for you as I had some spare credits but they expired at 6 o'clock tonight - about 5 minutes before I tried to look at some articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHowden Posted 30 June , 2014 Share Posted 30 June , 2014 Can anyone tell me where the DLI were on 1/8/1915? For when John Kingley Martin was killed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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