Basic Details
Surname
Dines
Forenames
J
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Joseph
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists no address for him, nor does it record his date of death. N.B. He is listed on the Roll twice, once in the main section, and again in the appendix that lists the alumni of St Peter's College who died in WW1.

(CWGC records that Second Lieutenant J Dines died aged 32 on 27/9/1918 while serving in 13th Battalion of The King's (Liverpool Regiment), and is buried in grave A.42 of Grand Ravine British Cemetery at Havringcourt in France. They record him as the husband of Ethel Henrietta Eugenie Dines of 176 Chigwell Road, South Woodford, London. Joseph Dines, who was born 1886 in King's Lynn, attended St Peter's Training College in Peterborough in 1909-1910, and is named on the College's War memorial in Peterborough Cathedral- see IWM War Memorials reference 8478. A teacher by profession, he was a talented amateur footballer who played for England, and was on the Team that won gold medal at the 1912 Olympics. He joined the Army Service Corps as a Private on 29/11/1915 and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 1/2/1916. He transferred to the 6th Battalion Middlesex Regiment in June 1917, under regimental number 118720, and was assigned to the Machine Gun Corps three months later. He transferred to the Liverpool Regiment, in which he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on 26/5/1918. He was posted to France on 16/9/1918, and was killed in action eleven days later).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Liverpools
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
2nd Lieut
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
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action (date not stated)
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial