Cemetery: Les Baraques Military Cemetery Sangatte
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: First Engineer
Force: Mercantile Marine
Official Number:
Unit: S.S. British Sovereign.
Country of Service: British
Details: Died of injuries received through the ignition of benzol on the surface of Calais harbour 7th September 1918. Age 38. Son of Mrs. H. Strike of Portlevan Cornwall and the late Capt. H. G. Strike (Master Mariner); husband of Elizabeth A. E. Strike of 88 York Rd. Southend-on-Sea. V. E. 8A.
Photograph by Terry Doyle / David Milborrow