Basic Details
Surname
Dines
Forenames
Stamford Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
891379
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Newark. (On the 1911 census he and his wife Ada were living at 137 Eastfield Road in Peterborough). It incorrectly records his regimental number as 891379; it was actually 891397.

(CWGC records that Driver Stamford Ernest Dines, regimental number 891397, died on 30/12/1917 while serving in 270th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, and is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial in Egypt. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects records that Stamford Dines drowned on 30/12/1917, and that his legatee was his mother, Tamar Dines, who was described as being the guardian of his children. On 30/12/1917 the troopship HT Aragon was torpedoed while at anchor in Alexandria Harbour, with the loss of 610 of approximately 2,700 souls on board. 380 of the casualties were officers and men of the Commonwealth forces).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Field Artillery
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Driver
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
December
Day of death
30
Manner of death as stated
"Believed to have been drowned 30 December 1917"
Manner of death reference
Other
Personal Details
Address
NEWARK
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial
Biography
Believed to have drowned 30 December 1917, returning to Eastern theatre of war from furlough