1918 photo from seaman's card
RGA enlistments Book
1895 May 27 Born Southampton
1911 census at 11 Eastfield Rd, St Denys, Southampton
1920 Nov 18. Enlists at Plymouth in RGA aged 25 years 6 months. He was a sawyer. Next of Kin is his father, John William Pike of 11 Eastfield Rd. Southampton
1921 Apr 14. Deserted at Fermoy
1921 Seaman's card issued late 1921
1923 Jul/Sep Married in M'sex to Alice Janet Hewitt
1924 Sep 4. 6 months at Portsmouth stealing timpani
1929 Mar 10. Appointed Postman Southampton
1929 Aug 6 . Jailed 12 months at County London Sessions larceny (Working for the Post Office)
1930 Jul 12. Released to Address 181 Victoria Road, Woolston, Southampton, proposed occupation musician
1967 Oct/Dec Alfred J Pike , born circa 1895, died Southampton aged 72