Arthur Pike
Fitter 87500 “A” Battery
282nd Army Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Division 68
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Arthur Pike was the son of John and Mary Pike and commemorated on their grave with the words ‘FELL IN ACTION July 30th 1917 and buried at Poperinghe, Belgium. He is buried in the Gwalia Cemetery, location Plot 1. G. 35. The grave in the Reading Cemetery is classified as 69B14 according to the Berkshire Family History Society classification.
The Gwalia Cemetery was opened at the beginning of July 1917, in the period between the Battle of Messines and the Battles of Ypres. It lay among the camps in flat country and was used by Infantry units, Artillery and Field Ambulances until September 1918. The Third Battle of Ypres began on the 31st July 1917. It is possible that Arthur Pike was killed in counter battery operations prior to the start of the battle.