Horace Arthur Wykes
He was employed as a labourer in 1911.
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Horace Arthur was born in 1890 in Nottingham and was the son of Annie Wykes née Milner and the late John Collishaw Wykes a cab driver. they lived at 23 Parliament Terrace, Nottingham.
His father John Collishaw Wykes was born in 1864 in Nottingham and his mother Annie Milner was born in 1867 in Cawthorn near Barnsley. They were married in Nottingham in 1884 and went on to have 10 children, sadly one died in infancy, their surviving children were all born in Nottingham and were:- Harold b1885, Blanche b1888, Horace Arthur b1890, Lawrence William b1893, Leonard ASHTON B 1895, Gordon Valentine b1898, Daisy Maud b1900, Clarence William b1901 and Gordon Frances b1902.
His father John Collishaw Wykes died in Nottingham in 1909 he was 44 yrs of age.
In the 1911 census the family are shown living at 23 Parliament Terrace, Nottingham and are shown as Annie Wykes 43 yrs a widow , head of the family and a charwoman she is living with her children Horace Arthur 21 yrs a labourer, Lawrence William 17 yrs a labourer, Leonard Ashton 15 yrs a van boy, Gordon Valentine an errand boy, Daisy Maud 11 yrs , Clarence William 10 yrs and George Francis all schoolboys.
Horace Arthur was married to Susan Truelove (born 13th August 188) in 1912, in Nottingham. they lived at 28 Hubert Street, Hyson Green, Nottiungham.
Commencing 5th March 1917 his widow was awarded a pension of 10 shillings a week.
Private Horace Arthur Wykes enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 8th battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action on 1st July 1916, the first day of the 'Battle of the Somme' he has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Theipval Memorial, Somme, France.
Two of his brothers also served and died in the 'Great War'
Private Gordon Valentine Wykes, served on HMS Montagua - January 1917 to May 1918, 10th CS Northern Patrol. Mined and damaged on Sierra Leone convoys in collision with USS Manley.The ship's log of HMS Montagua of the 19th March 1918, lists 1 Officer and 17 men missing, 2 Officers and 17 men identified killed and 1 unidentified killed. In addition there were 30 on the sick list. HMS Montagua reached Plymouth assisted by a tug.
Gordon Valenine is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Lawrence William Wykes originally enlisted on 4th September 1914 at Nottingham and was posted to the 8th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. However within 34 days on 7th October 1914 he was discharged as unlikely to become an efficient soldier. His discharge address was 48, Pym Street, St Anns Well Road, Nottingham.
He was called up later in the war and was serving with the 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters when he died of wounds at No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station on 18 June 1917.
He was buried in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery (grave ref. ll.B.11).
Photo of Horace Arthur Wykes
Thiepval Memorial,