24566 joseph dykes

[mack]

24566 joseph dykes
1st manchesters
1 Dewhurst cottages,stretford
died of fibroid pneumonia 12-1-1920,a disease that slowly kills by contraction of the lungs
age 51
st.matthews church memorial,stretford

[Tim Bell]

I can see Joseph was an Army Pensioner before he re-enlisted in the Depot Band at Ashton, aged 47.  He was discharged with chronic bronchitis aggravated by his service.  While this must have made hime surceptible to the pneumonia, I doubt CWGC would accept his death was proven to be related to his service.  Glad he's commemorated here though.
Checking with IFCP to see if related conditions are worthy.
Tim

IFCP say "consequential conditions are not usually accepted. It has to be a direct cause and effect....The reasoning would be that most men suffered debilitating conditions that could be have been argued to have caused conditions in which any number of illnesses could take root. There would almost be no separating any man who served and later died."

EDIT IFCP 17/12/19

[Tim Bell]

Bandsman 24566 Joseph Dykes
Joseph Dykes had been a Warehouseman for Stretford Council when he enlisted for Home Service as a Bandsman in the Depot of 1st Battalion at Ashton on 10 May 1915.  He had previously served 16 years in the Queens Lancers.   He served in the Depot Band and was discharged unfit with SWB on 20 January 1917.  Joseph received a Pension for Chronic Fibroid Pneumonia aggravated by and commencing in service in April 1916.
Joseph Dykes died from Fibroid Pneumonia on 12 January 1920, aged 51.  He was buried at Stretford Cemetery, F.294 on 16 January. Widow Jessie and daughter May lived at 1 Dewhurst Cottages, Stretford.
Pension 1 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1114/images/miuk1914a_084242-02197?backUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsse.dll%3Findiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1114%26h%3D246335%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26queryId%3Db52384414c1a91ac2b730c91cb3f732e%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DXVZ24583%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&ssrc=&_ga=2.208099474.1496757455.1598633673-666978586.1521393766&pId=246335
Service https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1219/images/gbrmil1914r4pt2_138016-00983?backUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsse.dll%3Findiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1219%26h%3D641771%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26queryId%3Db52384414c1a91ac2b730c91cb3f732e%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DXVZ24583%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&ssrc=&pId=641771
Pension 2
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1114&h=246338&tid=&pid=&queryId=b52384414c1a91ac2b730c91cb3f732e&usePUB=true&_phsrc=XVZ24583&_phstart=successSource

[Tim Bell]

Joseph Dykes' headstone at Stretford is damaged, with the upper section removed. His name is just about legible. 
Joseph's daughter's husband is also buried in the plot and has a CWGC headstone in front of the family stone which shows burials of Joseph and his widow, Jessie..
May Dykes lost her father in the Great War and husband in the second. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2700648/MAURICE%20WORTHINGTON%20BARRY/

[Tim Bell]

Commemoration approved 05/11/2021.

[Tim Bell]

Evidently not competing for quality with Spielberg, here's my review of the visit to Joseph Dykes grave in Stretford.  It will be interesting to see how CWGC deal with the commemoration.  If a new headstone is considered they may make a double version with his RAF son in law.
https://studio.youtube.com/video/C3i9xh1pBX4/edit
Tim
ps Before anyone says it, I'm not giving up my day job but still hope others find it interesting.

[Tim Bell]

Joseph Dykes burial has been accepted at Stretford Cemetery. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75467492/joseph-dykes/