17695 Pte Nathaniel Dedman, 1st Bn, Suffolk Regt

17695 Private Nathaniel Dedman of the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, was killed in action on the 8th May 1915. He was 35 years old, the husband of Gertrude Dedman of 20 Mount Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Nathaniel's number indicates that he joined up in January 1915 and his medal index card states that he arrived overseas on the 23rd February 1915. It's possible that he had previous military service although this is just conjecture based on the rapidity with which he was sent overseas. His medal card also states that he was died "on or since" 8th May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission