Ref ID: 6604
Name
James Hamilton Dickey.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Corporal James Hamilton Dickey.
Life Story
Name: James Hamilton Dickey.
Service Number: 8995,
Rank: Corporal.
Battalion: 2nd Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Born: 10th February 1891, Belfast.
Died: 11th November 1914.
Address: 6 Dayton Street, Belfast
.
James Hamilton Dickey, son of William and Letitia Dickey, lived at 6 Dayton Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1901 Ireland Census has James living at 3 Greenland Street, Shankill, Belfast with his mother, father, occupation, Cattle Drover, two brothers, William, 6 years, Robert, 1 year, and sister Margaret Jane, 14 years, M Worker Paper In Doffer
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has James living at 26 Malvern Street, Shankill, Belfast with his mother, House Work, father, Cattle Drover, four brothers, William James, 17 years, Machine Boy, Robert, 12 years, Thomas, 5 years, David, 1 year, and two sisters, Margaret Jane, 24 years, Smoother, Sarah, 7 years. James occupation at this time is given as Private In Army
.
James joined the Royal Irish Rifles.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 13th August 1914.
James was a Corporal in G Company 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action at Gheluvelt, Belgium of the 11th November 1914 aged 23 years
.
A local newspaper states.
News has been received in Belfast that Corporal James H Dickey, and Rifleman James Adair, of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, were killed in action at Gheluvelt, Belgium, on the 11th ult. The former resides at 6 Dayton Street, and the latter at 50 Brussels Street
.
James signed Will reads, In the event of my death I bequest the whole of my property and effects to my mother Mrs Dickey 6 Dayton Street, Belfast, Ireland.
His Soldiers Effects were left to his mother.
A Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his mother as claimant also
.
James received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star
.
He is Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1914
Classification
Newspaper, , Photograph - Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Weekly Telegraph
