PIKE, E [of Hucknall]
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery
From the Hucknall Dispatch, 24th December 1914:-
"Gunner E Pike.... saw a good deal of hard fighting from Mons to Scissons. from these he emerged safely, but through some mishap in their own gunpit he sustained serious burns, as a result of which [he] is now in Netley Hospital, Southampton. At one stage his life was depaired of, but a later message stated that he was now improving".
[Researched by Jim Grundy]
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